Frustrated with Life at the time, I made a very bad and horrible mistake….the worst thing you could ever do. hurt your friends….you say but wouldn’t that be your family first..well sometimes but they still love you…you friends can just seem to melt away and you don’t realize they are gone until too late to do anything. that has happened a lot over the last few year but I have been on the receiving end. NEVER EVER did I intend to be the one causing the pain. And in a moment of frustration I posted something that I never intended on posting and the family read it. And to them I am so deeply sorry. I have read a book by Elizabeth George called Loving God with all Your Mind. It truly is a wonderful book. And so many times we get so me centered and so used to being hurt in a certain way that when something else happens you automatically assume that it was personal when it really was nothing at all. So how do you get to the point where that doesn’t happen. Well I will Tell you how Mrs. George handled it when she was struggling through life’s bumps. She said to ask yourself one simple question…is this true? What she is referring to is scripture based in Philippians 4:8 Where Paul instructs the Philippian people to think on whatever is true…you get the picture. Guess what trap I had fallen into? I really think that God is working on me to iron out even more flaws. It seems as though one goes through these refining times in their life where God brings a lot of unrealized thought and struggles into view. If you handle them well the result will turn out beautiful in God’s eyes but if handled poorly and with a “stiff Neck” (meaning resistance against God) the result is a bitter person . I really don’t want to be a bitter person. I know too many bitter people and I see the kind of unsatisfied life they lead. So now is my refining time. My deepest prayer is that i stay willing to learn..from my mistakes and from others mistakes and from others in general! Thank you JB and KF for your forgiveness. It means so much to me to have friends who truly care to see a Christian grow despite the mistakes they have made!
