Above is a pic of my youngest daughter and me.
My Husband, My brother in Christ
I slapped a friend in the face yesterday...
No, not literally, but with my words. Words that were planted as a seed in my mind. A seed I swept into a corner because it did not line up with what I witnessed to be true. A seed that haunted me as it sat in that dark corner.
How can I destroy it, Lord? I must, not only sweep that dark and haunting corner clean, but fill it with what is true. Keep a light shining on that corner so that seed, that only flourishes in darkness, will never come back.
Should I bring it to light by writing it out? I cannot think without writing.
Take every word written before the throne of grace and compare it with what I know is true.
Communicate this battle with my friend in a way that will help me destroy that seed; in a way that will bring honor to the Lord.
But… my friend, before that could happen, gazed at that dark corner. No, it was not intentional on either side.
...But God, in His sovereignty, allowed it to happen that way. It brought many tears, pain, regret…
...But God, in His goodness, gave my friend a heart of forgiveness. He gave my friend the strength to write it in the sand so that the winds of forgiveness could blow it away.
...And God, in His mercy, did not allow a friendship to be destroyed, but to stand more firm in that now brightly lit corner where that dark seed use to take hold.
Thank you, dear friend. To God alone be the glory.
I occasionally re-share this video of my youngest daughter, when God brings experiences in my life that are the product of trials that are humbling. May we be humbled and then lifted up, not to glory in ourselves, but to bring glory alone to the only One who deserves it.
Comments
It can be so awful when we act like that, and so cool when God allows us forgiveness from the very person we wounded.
Posted by: Annette | June 6, 2008 05:27 AM