'splainin' stuff
If there's a simple way to explain something, chances are you won't hear it from me.
In the past, I've been blunt about things to the point where I've been rude and offensive. For that, I'm sorry because it does little to improve a situation. Sometimes though, there are nice ways to put simple things.
I saw a quote the other day that I shared on my Facebook page for someone who occasionally stops by for a peek. She said something to me the last time we talked and tried to justify something that wasn't right. Me: I didn't 'splain it as well as this does:
When you walk in the flesh, you look like an unbeliever. Exactly like an unbeliever.
Pretty much summed up a long reply to a short issue. I hope she saw it.
Things in my life are changing. Nothing I can talk about but over the last week, the devotions in my Promise Keepers Bible have been right on the mark and perfectly in season with what I'm going through. Today's though, helped me see something I hadn't before. It was coming to me as the woman who gave the message last Sunday told us that sometimes what we go through isn't about us. Sometimes it's for others to see and find hope in.
I thought about that yesterday. My ex said some not-so-nice things to me right before she told me never to call her radio station again. One of them was about doing things for one's self. A piece of mail then came that served as a friendly reminder that one rarely does things by one's self and I was blessed to share that reminder with her through her mom, of course. When one is asked not to call the radio station again, usually it behooves one to honor the request. The thing is though, I thought about it for a minute and maybe yesterday, the person she detests (hate is too small a word, trust me) the most might be the closest thing to Jesus she saw.
I think about that sometimes. Then I saw a little Facebook meme today that I shared because I was thinking about that last night before I went to bed.
At least I was close to the right page.
God often uses object lessons to teach us things. Today, as I read the devotional for the day, I came to realize that the object lesson may have been for someone else and that I was being used as the object in the lesson.
When you make yourself available to God to use, there are no guarantees of a positive outcome; just one that will be for His Glory and for your good. I'm thankful today for revelations. Sometimes just knowing there was a purpose in all of this is a bigger blessing than anything.
In the past, I've been blunt about things to the point where I've been rude and offensive. For that, I'm sorry because it does little to improve a situation. Sometimes though, there are nice ways to put simple things.
I saw a quote the other day that I shared on my Facebook page for someone who occasionally stops by for a peek. She said something to me the last time we talked and tried to justify something that wasn't right. Me: I didn't 'splain it as well as this does:
When you walk in the flesh, you look like an unbeliever. Exactly like an unbeliever.
Pretty much summed up a long reply to a short issue. I hope she saw it.
Things in my life are changing. Nothing I can talk about but over the last week, the devotions in my Promise Keepers Bible have been right on the mark and perfectly in season with what I'm going through. Today's though, helped me see something I hadn't before. It was coming to me as the woman who gave the message last Sunday told us that sometimes what we go through isn't about us. Sometimes it's for others to see and find hope in.
I thought about that yesterday. My ex said some not-so-nice things to me right before she told me never to call her radio station again. One of them was about doing things for one's self. A piece of mail then came that served as a friendly reminder that one rarely does things by one's self and I was blessed to share that reminder with her through her mom, of course. When one is asked not to call the radio station again, usually it behooves one to honor the request. The thing is though, I thought about it for a minute and maybe yesterday, the person she detests (hate is too small a word, trust me) the most might be the closest thing to Jesus she saw.
I think about that sometimes. Then I saw a little Facebook meme today that I shared because I was thinking about that last night before I went to bed.
At least I was close to the right page.
God often uses object lessons to teach us things. Today, as I read the devotional for the day, I came to realize that the object lesson may have been for someone else and that I was being used as the object in the lesson.
When you make yourself available to God to use, there are no guarantees of a positive outcome; just one that will be for His Glory and for your good. I'm thankful today for revelations. Sometimes just knowing there was a purpose in all of this is a bigger blessing than anything.
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