Up at a ghastly hour one morning checking
out face book for prayer fodder when I hit pay dirt. A gentleman wrote: "I am learning that the term
"best friends" often makes its way to the people you thought were
yours....People who claim God as their compass are the worst in my
experience". Whoa..... that's thought provoking. I had
several different reactions...... I bet you will too and I'd love to hear where
this question led you.
First I climbed right into the
pain of a "Christian best
friend" behaving in a manner that would break hearts. How devastating
to have that happen more than once in a lifetime. Then this voice came into my
head, what difference does it make if their skin is Christian? Is this a love
crime? People seem to expect the world to act like the Word, but when
"members" of the Body of Christ act like the world it sends
shockwaves to the soul.
Uh oh, I
seem to be moving right into judgment. I'm
thinking if any of us is experiencing a painful situation over and over again
then maybe it's not the situation that is the problem. One of my personal
struggles in life has been EXPECTATION. I have grown through pain and prayer to
give it the 1, 2, 3 punch when my expectations of others goes off kilter.
1. The
Law of Power by Dr. Henry Cloud & Dr. John Townsend: “You only have the power to change
yourself. You can’t change another
person. You must see yourself as the
problem, not the other person. To see
another person as the problem to be fixed is to give that person power over you
and your well-being. Because you cannot change another person, You are out of
control. The “REAL problem lies in how you are relating to the problem
person. You are the one in pain, and
only you have the power to fix it”
2. Jesus died for my
sins…..and He died for those who sin against me.
3. Forgiveness is the perfume that the trampled flower casts
back upon the foot that crushed it
A pearl to string: “People
do things for their own reasons, not yours” I
don't have any stones to be throwing at anyone. Let him who never made a
mistake, or poor choice, or stupid decision. or let anybody down...cast the
first stone. "Let him who is without
sin among you be the first to throw a stone..." (John 8:7b) "Love your
enemies and pray for those who persecute you, (Matt. 5:44) do good to those
who hate you" (Luke 6:27)
Margaret Lee Runbeck said: "Happiness
is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of traveling." I might add travel well and don't let the
baggage block your view.
You are loved,
Lyndi
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