This teaching was different in the sense that the Eagle’s song had been running through my head for several weeks. My thinking was it is after all one of my favorite songs so did not seem that odd. Truth was, God had not clued me in to the bigger picture just yet. In one of the discussions with my wife, she made the comment in a very calm way, “IF YOU DO NOT LOVE MY FAMILY, YOU DO NOT LOVE ME!! While that comment stung a little, it began to grow in my Spirit the next day. When you confront mistruths, hurtful feelings, personal responsibilities, it is very tough. When these exist among family members it could be almost impossible. Forgiveness requires a great amount of courage, but an even greater level of humility.
The simple answer to this is just to deal with what God reveals to you. Are God may say, “we can go around and around, or we can just go through!” I see this exact thing happening way too often to believers who regularly attend Church, they love God and others, but just find it easier to bury the hard stuff, the hurtful stuff, the personal stuff that will cause them to eventually withdraw!!! The result is they slowly dry up, sometimes even with a smile on their face.
This entire subject is a very confining place for a Christian to live, boxed in by their own choices!!!!!!! God dropped this topic on me, just a week before I had to confront my wife’s family. As always, it is my prayer that this has challenged you to have a stronger open relationship with God.
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