Assurance Izevbizua with Elder Wallace in May,
2008
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The true solution.
The lame lay on his belly for years. He had been made fun of,
ridiculed and rejected. He lay in misery, pain, hunger for most of his
life. Every now and then he was thrown some coins by passersby.
His
life was not full, not whole, not satisfying.
Then Jesus came by. Jesus told the lame man: "Just get up and
walk." All the lame man had to do was get up, pack his mat and few
belongings and keep moving. The element of this miracle was the
decision; deciding, making up his mind to rid himself of his lameness, his
disability. The greatest disability today, the greatest obstacle to
success, to a good life is our inability to forgive others, to let go. We
carry our disability with us, laying on our belly for "thirty
years" We dwell on it, wallow in our misery, going over and
over in our minds how much we have been wronged. Then, even more
disappointingly, we dwell too much on our inadequacies, our shortcomings,
how we failed ourselves, how we failed those close to us. We
do not forgive. And yet the secret to success is to forgive, forgive
we missed the basket, forgive we missed the goal, forgive we struck out,
and move on to the next game. THAT MUCH I LEARNED. _ Onaiwu |
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