Blessed Are The #Unoffended !

Have you noticed that we live in an offended world? People are defensive and constantly offended. Suing each other at the drop of a hat. Not speaking for years at a time. I lived an offended life for a long time. Over the years different things in my life and in the ministry had caused great offense to build up in my life. One day the Lord said to me... your body is breaking down because of offense! What? I'm not offended Lord! I had lived with my offense for so long it had become part of my being and it was eating away at my spirit, my mind and my body. Slowly killing me and I was totally unaware that it had gotten "that bad". I guess I had become the proverbial frog in boiling water and had it not been for His great mercy and compassion I would have eventually died a bitter, unhappy, offended "Christian". He said to me. Shelly, your body was not made to hold offense. You were created in my image and I didn't create a place in you to store offense so what happens is it begins to take hold of your physical body because offense HAS to have a place to go.
Look at it in the scripture, 1Cor 11:28 But let a man examine himself and so let him eat of that bread and drink of that cup for he that eateth and drinketh unworthily eats and drinks judgement on himself not discerning the Lord's body. For this reason many are weak and sick among you and many die. But if we judge ourselves, we will not be judged.
Are we, as Christians, not the body of Christ? Maybe we should view this scripture with new eyes? I know I did. That day I began the journey of forgiveness and healing. I still work at staying unoffended every week almost, because what had happened to me, can and will happen again if I don't keep a check on it constantly. My love level had diminished drastically and I had become self consumed. But when He so wonderfully touched me that day, He once again baptized me in His wonderful love. So I say today, if you have offense throw it off. Take it from someone who knows... it's not worth it. I don't care what has been done or said to you... give it to God, forgive, and move on! Discipline yourself to live an unoffended life! We have to work at it and sometimes have a good cry as we lay it before the Father and then leave it there. Not going back, moving ahead! Unoffended in Tennessee!