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Do you remember our Saint Bernard, Malka, killing a skunk?? I thoroughly swept and then washed our deck and porch, including the wall of the house around the decks. Then, we had a horrendous thunderstorm which rattled and shook the house while the power flicked on and off continually.
When it was over, I went out on the deck. There was a pot hanging from a tiny (I mean tiny) hook underneath the gutter. I should have taken it down because the tiny plant that I had hoped would grow, died. It had crashed onto the deck, scattering dirt EVERYWHERE over my clean deck and against the siding of the house!! When I tried to sweep it off the deck it only smeared with the rain-water on the deck making a terrible mess!!
I wanted the hose...but my husband said, hose it off in the morning. I wanted to clean it up before it was tracked into the house. Wet potting soil is nasty!! But my husband said, "No."
I write out of my experiences. I think we all do. We would be hypocrites if we wrote about something we haven't grappled with. Too often we still must refine or struggle with issues that we thought we had total victory over. God gently tells us that there is still something He wants us to learn.
You are going to laugh!! Not too long before that plant crashed to the deck floor, scattering its dirt, as dark as sin, I had finished writing a my next post for my series: Marriage is for Keeps. You are really going to chuckle!! It is called, "Love Lets the Other Win!!" My husband won!!
The Lord wants us to choose the good!! It is good for us to give praise to the Lord when things go wrong. We tend to always want things to go 'our' way, but when it doesn't, what do you do??
In Christ Alone,
~Judith~
P.S. Stayed tuned as tomorrow,
"Love Lets the Other Win!" will be posted :-)
"Love Lets the Other Win!" will be posted :-)
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I struggle sometimes with this, especially with my kids. I have to take deep breaths, step back and let God step in to show me how to be graceful. More often than not, the conversations go so much more smoothly because I am not trying to impose my will or point of view. I will often learn much more that way, too. :-)
ReplyDeleteGod is good and if you seek Him, He will help you with the relationships you have with your children. Some of it is just the ages that our children are, and some of it has been (for me) things that I needed to change. How right you are about 'not trying to impose your will or point of view' on your children. It is hard when they don't want it any more and we sometimes see them making the wrong choices!!
DeleteThanks so much Kim for commenting.
Brilliant post Judith! Made me chuckle... but jokes aside:
ReplyDelete"I write out of my experiences. I think we all do. We would be hypocrites if we wrote about something we haven't grappled with. Too often we still must refine or struggle with issues that we thought we had total victory over. God gently tells us that there is still something He wants us to learn."
This is so true! Most of my posts are lessons the Lord has been speaking to me about or wants me to re-learn. Sometimes I think I have a grasp of the lesson... and other times, God challenges me by bringing the words right back to the forefront of my mind and removing His peace until I listen and learn.
Great post!
Thank you Wendy, but I'll give the glory to the Lord as there was a day when seeing something like plant dirt strewn all over something I had just cleaned would have totally undone me :-) Through the hard trials of my life, the Lord has taught me so much...you'd think I would have it all learned but I am still on the potter's wheel!!
ReplyDeleteAMEN! Choose the good, thank you.
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