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Thank you for sharing your testimony and insights, dear brother in Christ!

It is almost as though our unforgiveness binds them up in some sort of space that God won’t touch near as fully as He will when we have forgiven and let it go.

I've seen this phenomenon in many situations.

When we "let go" and "let God" - He takes control. But if we pick it up again, He lets us.

The classic example is prayer (emphasis mine:)

Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive [them], and ye shall have [them]. And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses. – Mark 11:24-26

My mother had the kind of faith that she would pray about something and let it go. Done deal. There were many, many miracles in her long life. She didn't doubt God, she loved Him, believed Him and trusted Him.

My daughter is getting more like her every day. She says there is one area that she still tends to pick it up again and handle it herself. But she also says that every time she does, a disaster follows. LOLOL!

God's Name is I AM.

PRAISE GOD!

You have been an inspiration to me in such regards. I’m not near in your league by far on that score but I’m a lot further than I was when we first met hereon. PRAISE GOD FOR YOUR TESTIMONY AND YOUR EXAMPLE.

IIRC, that’s about 5 of us who’ve recognized that phenomena in releasing the other person to God fully and forgiven-ly.

Thanks much for your kind reply.

Along the same vein, allow me to share a poem I wrote in my Bible long ago (I do not know the author, but I am blessed by reading it even after all these years).

As children bring their broken toys with tears for us to mend,
I brought my broken traits to God because he was my friend.
But then instead of leaving him in peace to work alone,
I hung around and tried to help, in ways that were my own.
At last I snatched them back again and said, "How could you be so slow?"
"My child", he said, "What could I do? You never did let go."

I hope you all have a blessed and peaceful night. Boatbums - out.