Day 95 – Time can heal the broken pieces of our past.
Today’s Reading: 2 Kings 25 – 1 Chronicles 2
2 Kings 25:27-28 “And in the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, graciously freed Jehoiachin king of Judah from prison. And he spoke kindly to him and gave him a seat above the seats of the kings who were with him in Babylon.”
Following in his families footsteps, Judah fell and was taken into captivity by the Babylonians. King Jehoiachin was thrown into prison, the walls of Jerusalem were torn down, and only the poorest of people were left to take care of the fields for the Babylonians. 37 long years later, a new king was over Babylon, Evil-merodach, and he freed King Jehoiachin and raised him up to a place of royalty again.
Even as a clock ticks and stops in mid-second but time keeps moving on, often when friendships end and families fall-out, life keeps going on. Yet at some point the clock will be fixed and time will return to normal. As well, at some point the the next generation will have no idea why the feud began but will be told to keep it going. Yet, we can choose to be like King Evil-merodach. We can allow time to pass, giving each dispute rest and eventually through intentionality, be freed from the argument, bringing resolution and reconciliation to the relationship.
God created us for relationships with each other, but He desires that these relationships be filled with Love and that the wounds that exist can be healed by His Son. It is our own stubbornness that holds on to the feud of the past. It’s our selfish desires that can’t let them go. It’s our jealousy that keeps the clock broken and the feud going. If a feud exists between you and someone else, make it a point to free yourself and the other person from this bondage. It may not look the same, you may need boundaries, but let them sit at your table, allow them to see the love of Christ. We are to love our enemies and our neighbors as we love ourselves, and as the clock ticks again, time will heal the wounds of the broken heart. And maybe like Esther, you were called to the kingdom for a such a time as this. (4:14)
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