RitaS
Registered: January 2008
Posts: 261
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Some lessons are more difficult to learn than others. In 2007 pastor preached a great sermon on forgiveness, what an eye opener, or should I say - heart opener.
Journaling:
Reclaiming baggage from the past is not easy. My baggage was buried…deep in an unclaimed storage room. Years later a path in life took me down a road vaguely familiar, and a trigger turned on the light to a memory that long ago had been pushed back into darkness. I struggled with the remembrance. Old wounds of abuse pierced my heart in the most quiet of moments. Forgiveness, letting go, was my only avenue for peace. I needed to return to the curbside and claim the baggage I wanted to forget.
I needed to turn my claim ticket over to God, and release it completely to His will. I needed to allow God's mercy and love to penetrate the darkest corner of my heart. Real forgiveness has to come from deep within the heart, and I needed to sincerely be able to wish good on the person who had wronged me. I could not hate him into hell, but instead, needed to love him into heaven. I needed to wholly forgive, as God had forgiven me. It was when I reached this point that I realized I could tear my claim ticket in two, and be totally free of unclaimed baggage.
Fun Ideas to Note:
In Photoshop I took a photo of an old piece of luggage on the curb side and added the word “unclaimed” by skewing the type. Also used a brush and clone tool to distress the edge of the letters to make it look like worn paint.
Next, I reduced the saturation on the photo to give it a vintage look.
And I have to say that obtaining that old suitcase for a photo was divine intervention. Idea in my head on a Sunday, and a person walk into the church I am employed at the next morning asking if anyone needs an old suitcase!
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