HIDDING IN YOUR BOX
First of all I just want to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the most wonderful woman on the face of this planet….. Tandi my wife! I love you sweet face and I’m glad that on this day God new that I would need a helper and someone to walk beside me and He brought forth you “my Eve.” My life has never been the same since you said I do. I speak blessings on you and pray that God will grant you everything that you desire both now and the days to come.
Ok now for the journal:
Ps 55:12-14
12 If an enemy were insulting me,
I could endure it; if a foe were raising himself against me, I could hide from him.
13 But it is you, a man like myself, my companion, my close friend, 14 with whom I once enjoyed sweet fellowship as we walked with the throng at the house of God. NIV
** This is so true….. it is not the people outside of the church that say bad things about me or the church that troubles me, it’s those I know and love and those who have walked with me. It is so easy not to have relationships in the church because of this very verse. We are so afraid that we will get disappointed or get our feelings hurt so we just stay in our little boxes and become very careful of who we let in because we’ve been hurt so many times in the past. But I say… what kind of life is that? What a sad day it would be to close the door to being friends with other people who have such wonderful lives to share. Will we get hurt? Definitely. Will they fail us? Probably yes. but that’s just life! There is no perfect people, especially you and me. So I suppose we will be as much as a burden to others as others are to us…… so what are you waiting for? Tear down the walls of your little box and get to know those who labor among you and enjoy life!
posted by Dave McAlister @ 8:38 AM
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Oh my. This is so profound to me and I realize that over the past few years the Lord has been so patient and loving in teaching me how important relationships are for my life. First, my relationship with Him must be first in my life, and then the relationships of the people He has placed in My life. I am watching and experiencing loving relationships bloom in my life right now. It has been a very long and painful process at times, but I am learning. It is amazing to see how many people care for me. Hmmmm?
A very interesting book has found its way into my hands this week called "The Shack". I think you and Tandi might enjoy reading it (I got it from Darlene). Anyway, I started reading it yesterday and am almost finished with it. A most interesting sentence jumped off the page at me and I don't think I will ever forgot it -Jesus says to the main character in the book - "Remember, you can't do it alone. Some folks try with all kinds of coping mechanisms and mental games. But the monsters are still there just waiting for the chance to come out." The main character replies, "So what do I do now?" Jesus replies, "What you're already doing, Mack, learning to live loved."
I believe with all my heart that is what Jesus has been teaching me too. Learning to live loved. And to do that I must nurture and develop the relationships in my life of the family he has placed me in.
Have a blessed day, Pastor Dave.
Roxanne
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