In reference to the message: In a moment of anger, In
a moment of disgust, In a moment of doubt … It is said that the ones that you
hold dearest to your heart will be the ones who will break our heart, who will
break our trust, who will break our faith, and break our hope. However,
those same people who you hold dear to your heart will also helped heal our
broken hearts, helped us to trust again, help strengthen our faith, and help
restore our hope.
A friend, a human being with a beating heart, will … more
than likely, unintentionally or intentionally do something that you believe is
wrong. Perhaps, they lied to you to save you from enduring the harsh
truth of reality, or maybe they told you the truth so you could hurt and
heal. Either way, I am sure those dear friends have your best interest at
heart. Perhaps your friend has chosen a different life path and you do
not agree nor support it … Remember to love them because they are your friend,
they are a part of your heart. Remember this is THEIR life, all you can
do is love them. What if your friend has done something that is
definitely wrong and they know it is wrong? Do not judge them, that is
God’s job, not yours. You cannot assume your sin is worse than theirs
(kinda like the pot calling the kettle black), Jesus doesn’t like
hypocrites!!! We are called to this Earth to love …
My best friend and I have been unbreakable since we were 4 years old. We have gone through some things that probably should have torn us apart, but our love for one another is stronger than any heated moment of anger. We have both done a lifetime of things we consider wrong, but we do not judge each other on the severity of our wrong doing. We are quick to forgive … and we have done tons of that in the past 32 years. There have been times I haven’t spoken to her over high school boyfriends, and there was a period of time she went on a separate path than I did, but I can tell you one thing … I have traveled all over the world and will never find another person like her, or could even come CLOSE to her. She is unconditional to me … Who cares if she does something wrong, either I will tell her how I feel about it, or I won’t and love her anyways. The things Dana did right in my life, will ALWAYS outnumber things I believed she did wrong.
I see and hear stories of how friends let one moment of
anger form a grudge of unforgiveness that completely destroys their once
unbreakable relationship. Do not let anger win, Do not let greed win, Do
not let unforgiveness win … Do not let the sun go down in anger, losing a
lifetime friend is NOT worth it!!!
Lord … Maybe some of us are struggling with issues of wrong
doing, help us to drop our hypocritical and judgemental ways. Help us
give advice to friends, in love, and help us to forgive like you do. We
all know we make mistakes. Help us to remember we are not perfect and we
do things wrong, so let us be slow to anger, and slow to judge. Let us
treat others as we would like to be treated. ~ Amen.
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