Secrets that Bind

Family secrets are hard to shake, they are hard to understand and they leave those with the knowledge of them in a most uncomfortable place. You see the lie and you see those who have conspired to keep the lie from coming to the surface; and without an invitation you see the pain behind the eyes of those who know the truth. There smile doesn't hide it and nor does their hard pressed hello.

Why people choose to keep a secret, I will never know. But what I do know is this, untreated wounds, especially those covered up, never really heal. 

Bondage is what results when we keep secrets. We constantly worry about what we are going to do if and when the truth gets out. We worry about how the world will see us and we worry about how this will affect the relationship we have with the one from whom the secret was kept. 

1 Peter 4:8 tells us that love covers a multitude of sins... In other words, there is absolutely nothing that we could have in our past that God can't forgive and cause others to forgive. But in order for this to happen we must confess our sin. 

Now do I suggest that you drop what you are doing right now and confess every secret you've kept, every wrong you have done. Absolutely not. Wisdom would not have you to do such a foolish thing, but He will lead you to the right time and place to make amends. This He promises to do if we go to Him in prayer, if we seek Him for direction and trust Him with end result. 

I know what you have to do is hard and that if you could go back in time you would do things differently, but fixing the past is not an option. All we have is today. And it is in this moment that we can decide that our tomorrow will not be haunted by our yesterday. We will walk in the freedom Christ offers and we will no longer allow the enemy to hold our past mistakes over our heads. 

Beloved it is my prayer that you will no longer be bound by your past mistakes. That you will go to the Father in heaven and ask Him to show you the way. That you will forgive yourself and allow the person you've bruised the grace to heal in their own time and in their own way. 

Will it be easy? Of course not, but in the end, it will all be worth it. 

Until next time...