Thursday, November 17, 2011
Thank you, Jesus!
I had the conversation today. Went so well. I feel like we are heading in the right direction. I know that hurt feelings and ruffled feathers still need to be addressed....one step at a time. Keep praying!
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Time moves so fast....
I can't believe it's the middle of November now! My son has married....I have turned another year older....I have taken a dream vacation to Alaska....survived another fire season....developed deeper friendships....
But...nothing is ever perfect is it? We must grow through trials....be tested. When your family is as large as mine - and some would say as dysfunctional as mine....there is always some drama. Fortunately most of the drama until lately was directed at all of us....us defending our own....but lately it appears we've turned on each other....blaming...posturing....getting angry at each other....not for what someone has done to us....but out of loyalty to another and taking on the anger for them. It is so easy to see the splinter in someone else's eye...than to look at the log in our own eye. You know...the one that blinds us to our own faults. The one that somehow gives us amnesia regarding our own actions.
This must be dealt with. I must confront the one who believes he is right to carry his righteous anger. But also the one who could be held to the fire for his own actions...but won't be because forgiveness has been offered and absorbed. How easy it is to be forgiven by another....how difficult it is to forgive. Nobody can stand up to the light that has been directed at one particular family member....we must remember that if we were asked to stand in that same place...we too would come up lacking.
I hate that this Holiday Season has been marred by this. I hate the hurt and mistrust this has caused among us. I ask that you pray that, by the Grace of God, these things will be worked out before Christmas.
Love....we must always remember to come from a place of love....nothing else matters.
But...nothing is ever perfect is it? We must grow through trials....be tested. When your family is as large as mine - and some would say as dysfunctional as mine....there is always some drama. Fortunately most of the drama until lately was directed at all of us....us defending our own....but lately it appears we've turned on each other....blaming...posturing....getting angry at each other....not for what someone has done to us....but out of loyalty to another and taking on the anger for them. It is so easy to see the splinter in someone else's eye...than to look at the log in our own eye. You know...the one that blinds us to our own faults. The one that somehow gives us amnesia regarding our own actions.
This must be dealt with. I must confront the one who believes he is right to carry his righteous anger. But also the one who could be held to the fire for his own actions...but won't be because forgiveness has been offered and absorbed. How easy it is to be forgiven by another....how difficult it is to forgive. Nobody can stand up to the light that has been directed at one particular family member....we must remember that if we were asked to stand in that same place...we too would come up lacking.
I hate that this Holiday Season has been marred by this. I hate the hurt and mistrust this has caused among us. I ask that you pray that, by the Grace of God, these things will be worked out before Christmas.
Love....we must always remember to come from a place of love....nothing else matters.
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