I decided to write a blog because I think so much and I really think some of my thoughts are worth sharing. Let me start by saying some friends have advised me to not say so much private stuff on Facebook. I promise to think BEFORE I write/speak and will do my best to not write things I may later regret. Also, I am not going to worry about proper grammar, etc because this isn't college and I'm not being graded. If I was, it would take a lot longer but you can bet I'd get an A+, because I am a perfectionist when it comes to school (and work, and well everything else).
Today I am thinking about a couple of people (myself included) that are experiencing family problems. Siblings aren't speaking or getting along. If the person who you are upset with died suddenly, how would you feel about your last words spoken? Would you have regrets? I know I would. I have found that no one hurts me more than my own family members. It's because I love them and have allowed them "in" my heart, so I become a target when they are less than loving.
If this is something you're struggling with, please NEVER forget the two main teachings of the wise man named Jesus. "Forgive" and "Love." It's hard to forgive people who hurt us and it's even harder to keep on loving them. Something that helps me is what Jesus said on the cross as people mocked him "Forgive them Father, for they do not know." He asked forgiveness for people that were killing him. If He can do that, and if God can continually forgive us for making really stupid mistakes (daily in my case) can't we then forgive our families for when they are just plain jerks and can't see our point of view?
I saw a quote recently that went something like this "God created guilt to help us realize when we do not act lovingly."
Today I am going to reach out in love and kindness to my family members who have hurt me.
Thanks for reading my random thought of today. More to come :-) Please comment because I really like attention. Or my ego does anyway. ;-)
Further "Biblical" Reference on Forgiveness:
A blog from my pastor on Forgiveness: http://www.newlife-glastonbury.org/blog/2010/10/19/the-freedom-of-forgiveness/
Matthew 18:21-35 Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, "Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times?" Jesus answered, "I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times." "Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand talents was brought to him.Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt. The servant fell on his knees before him. 'Be patient with me,' he begged, 'and I will pay back everything.' The servant's master took pity on him, canceled the debt and let him go. "But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him and began to choke him. 'Pay back what you owe me!' he demanded. "His fellow servant fell to his knees and begged him, 'Be patient with me, and I will pay you back.' "But he refused. Instead, he went off and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay the debt. When the other servants saw what had happened, they were greatly distressed and went and told their master everything that had happened. "Then the master called the servant in. 'You wicked servant,' he said, 'I canceled all that debt of yours because you begged me to. Shouldn't you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?' In anger his master turned him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed. "This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart."
Luke 6:35-38-42 But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. "Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you." ... How can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,' when you yourself fail to see the plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.
Today I am thinking about a couple of people (myself included) that are experiencing family problems. Siblings aren't speaking or getting along. If the person who you are upset with died suddenly, how would you feel about your last words spoken? Would you have regrets? I know I would. I have found that no one hurts me more than my own family members. It's because I love them and have allowed them "in" my heart, so I become a target when they are less than loving.
If this is something you're struggling with, please NEVER forget the two main teachings of the wise man named Jesus. "Forgive" and "Love." It's hard to forgive people who hurt us and it's even harder to keep on loving them. Something that helps me is what Jesus said on the cross as people mocked him "Forgive them Father, for they do not know." He asked forgiveness for people that were killing him. If He can do that, and if God can continually forgive us for making really stupid mistakes (daily in my case) can't we then forgive our families for when they are just plain jerks and can't see our point of view?
I saw a quote recently that went something like this "God created guilt to help us realize when we do not act lovingly."
Today I am going to reach out in love and kindness to my family members who have hurt me.
Thanks for reading my random thought of today. More to come :-) Please comment because I really like attention. Or my ego does anyway. ;-)
Further "Biblical" Reference on Forgiveness:
A blog from my pastor on Forgiveness: http://www.newlife-glastonbury.org/blog/2010/10/19/the-freedom-of-forgiveness/
Matthew 18:21-35 Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, "Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times?" Jesus answered, "I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times." "Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand talents was brought to him.Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt. The servant fell on his knees before him. 'Be patient with me,' he begged, 'and I will pay back everything.' The servant's master took pity on him, canceled the debt and let him go. "But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him and began to choke him. 'Pay back what you owe me!' he demanded. "His fellow servant fell to his knees and begged him, 'Be patient with me, and I will pay you back.' "But he refused. Instead, he went off and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay the debt. When the other servants saw what had happened, they were greatly distressed and went and told their master everything that had happened. "Then the master called the servant in. 'You wicked servant,' he said, 'I canceled all that debt of yours because you begged me to. Shouldn't you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?' In anger his master turned him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed. "This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart."
Luke 6:35-38-42 But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. "Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you." ... How can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,' when you yourself fail to see the plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.
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