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But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father who
is in heaven forgive your transgressions.
Day eleven of our Alaska Adventure took us to Liberty
falls State Recreational Site located
near Chitina in the Copper River Valley.
Today I thought we would look at the Eskimo word issumagijoujunnainermik.
When missionaries first shared the gospel with the Eskimos, they couldn't find
any word in the Eskimo language for forgiveness. So, they took a number of Eskimo words and
joined them to form a new word -- Issu-magi-jou-jun-nai-ner-mik -- and it
became the Eskimo word for forgiveness. The individual words are
"Not-being-able-to-think-about-it-anymore."
Too often we remember the hurt, replaying it over and
over again in our minds. Forgiveness is not something we do just once. It is something we must reaffirm every
day. Whenever a hurtful memory comes up, remember
the word Issu-magi-jou-jun-nai-ner-mik, and say, "I can't think about it
anymore, it's in God's hands."
Rather than replay the hurt you may have acquired, replay
God's mercy, His grace, His love for us -- when He freely gave His life. That will
enable us to forget it and move forward.
Dear Lord, help to stop replaying the hurts that we have
had but instead replay all that You have done for us and take a minute to share
it with someone around us today. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.
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