wrongly accused...?

 

I was listening to Klove radio on the way home from an appointment and heard something that caught my attention.  One of the DJs mentioned she was wrongly accused of something, and it was a thorn in her side for many years.  However, God allowed her to experience redemption when the accused came to her years later and shared how they found out that she was wrongfully accused and apologized for their actions.

She shared how it was healing but how God had worked it out in her heart over the years without the reconciliation.

I thought about that for a while.

I had a similar experience years ago.

Honestly, I have had this experience many times over the years. But let me share just one of them.

When I was in grade school I received a REALLY COOL stamp.  It was a teddy bear stamp.  I was SO excited!  It was a self-inking stamp!  I could just place it in on a piece of paper and a teddy bear would appear!  I LOVED that stamp!  I felt so special with my fancy stamp.

Then one day someone stole my stamp.

And if that wasn’t bad enough, they took that stamp and proceeded to stamp it across the chalk board and all over my grade school classroom.

You can imagine what happened next.

I was in the principal’s office with my teacher and my parents.

I was confused.

My parents were upset.

The principal was angry.

Everyone wondered why I did this act.  I tried to explain it wasn’t me.  I mean, WHY would I want to do this…?

It didn’t matter.  It was my stamp.  Everyone knew that.  So, I was punished.   It was a hard lesson to learn in grade school.  But it happens.

Why did I share that story?  Because often we experience situations like the one above and carry the burden in our heart for days, months, and sometimes years with no resolution.  Is it always fair?  No, sometimes it is not, and we don’t receive vindication like that DJ shared on KLove radio.  The hardest part is to let it go and trust God will vindicate us in the end. 

God does not have to explain why He allowed something to happen in my life.

He doesn’t have to explain why it didn’t get resolved and I was unfairly accused.

Remember Job?

He was unfairly accused.

And then what?

There was a lesson Job needed to learn.

Sometimes we get the answer.

Sometimes we receive redemption.

Sometimes… we don’t.

We still need to trust God.  We still need to trust He has a plan and knows what is best for us.

And - if we don’t think He understands how we feel…

Read Isaiah 53 and John 19.  He understands.  He experienced it firsthand.

So, we can come to the Throne of God knowing full well HE GETS US.

In the meantime, we need to pray and keep our eyes focused on HIM, not the situation, not the accusation.

He’s got us, no matter what. 

Remember so much is going on behind the curtain we can’t see.

HE CAN.

TRUST THE PROCESS.

Love you guys!

'and said: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will depart. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; may the name of the Lord be praised.” '

Job 1:21

'He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces he was despised, and we held him in low esteem. '

 Isaiah 53:3

'Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged. The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head. They clothed him in a purple robe and went up to him again and again, saying, “Hail, king of the Jews!” And they slapped him in the face. '

John 19:1-3

'For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.'

Romans 8:38-39