by Misty Strieff Prine
“There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience.” – Unknown
Let me ask you a question today. Do you have a clear conscience, or do you have a cluttered one? Do you have regrets or are you at peace? If you have a heavy conscience or are burdened with regrets today, you must clean that up. Life is too short to lay your head on a pillow of hurt and regret. Think about it for a second. Are you going to get a more peaceful sleep on a brick or on a feather pillow? If you lay your head down at night and all you can think about is how you said something that hurt someone today or how you are holding on to unforgiveness towards someone that has hurt you…that weighs heavily on your conscience and brings your peace level way down.
Now if tomorrow, you go to that person and apologize for a word spoken out of frustration or a bad day…guess what? That pillow is going to be super soft tomorrow night. If you forgive someone that hurts you, even when they are not sorry or don’t even think they did anything wrong…. super soft pillow once again! Some may think you have to go to that person and verbally forgive them. Nope, that’s not necessarily the case. Forgiveness is something that you must deal with personally within your heart. You must find peace in that hurt. Is it easy to do? Nope. Is it worth it? You better believe it is. Forgiveness is one of the most healing aspects in the life of a Christian.
So today, if this message applies to you in any way, please pray about it and make things right. Life’s too short to let ill will towards someone steal your joy…that same joy that God intended for you to have. So, get that stuff fixed my friends so that you can sleep on a pillow of forgiveness and peace tonight. In doing so, you will get the best sleep of your life today and every day forward.