Sticks and stones.....

Something happened to me that I'm positive has happened to every single person since the beginning of time when God created our world.  I'm not the first person, the only person or the last person that will ever have to deal with this....words spoken or spewed.  Our words truly can be building blocks or they can be a bulldozer.  We can build one another up in a good healthy way or we can totally destroy one another. 

I actually come to expect this from the world but when it happens inside the body of Christ it slays me.  Yesterday our Pastor spoke an awesome sermon about reaching up, reaching in and reaching out.  To be healthy it begins with God and myself, before I can ever be healthy and real to others with-in and then be able to be healthy and real to others outside.  I'm asking God to help me get back on track and with that I've got to let go of words that were spewed upon me that have hurt me to the core.  God knows those words, He knows who spoke those words to me, He knows my heart, and I am ready for Him to have a mighty way with me. 

I'm not perfect, I've said things to others that have hurt them and when they allow me to, I've asked them to forgive me.  It is their choice to accept that or not but I must not let their actions keep me from being me.  This where I've been....it's caused me to choke.  In other words, it has stopped me in my tracks.  I've pulled away and pulled deep with-in.  It's time to open my arms and allow God to take me to new heights, new places and new relationships. 

I wonder if we each had the ability to see into the future, would we still spew the words we have spewed on others knowing how that affected them?  You and I are NOT Holy Ghost Juniors, we do not have the right to push our opinions onto others coercing them into doing what we EXPECT them to do.   Relationships are not about placing someone in a box that you have constructed!!! 

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.....oh yes they will and they do.  So the next time you have a relationship with someone and they aren't doing what you "think" they should be doing, I ask that you stop and allow God to be God.  Seek God, love one another, be kind to one another, give grace to one another and extend mercy.   I'm certain this will bring healing and cause others to want what you have, a life with Christ. 

With love,
Yolanda