A Lesson For Me

 Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not. Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep. Romans 12:14-15

I had to admit that it was pretty hard to bless those that had hurt me. "Really, Lord? Do I really have to do that?"

But yes, I did. I don't remember it as something I did right away. Sometimes it does take time to get over something that someone has done to hurt us. But it was necessary and it taught me that in this life, there would be many more times when I would have to do this very thing with other people and situations. 

It has been one of those things that God used to work together for me as it says in Romans 8:28.

I didn't have a whole lot at that point in my life to rejoice about. Life was hard. I had four children all under the age of 10, and an alcoholic husband. And I was holding on to my life by a thin string. At least that is how I felt.

It's hard to rejoice when going through the things I was at that time. And most of the people at church did not understand. Not that I talked about my life. It was too private. Too embarrassing. And so how could they understand?

Even though I didn't share my life with them, they knew there were problems. I was a fairly young mother, with 4 kids always with me, and my husband did not go. I don't know what my sister-who had originally got me going there, told anyone. She was in Florida and did have contact with a couple members. And though most may not have known the circumstances, there were a couple people that tried to encourage me in different ways. That wasn't exactly weeping as verse 15 says, but, it showed me that there were compassionate people there.

And the good thing about that was that it helped teach me to be compassionate with others women that found themselves in the same kind of boat as I had been, or any other kind of boat, for that matter.

God asks us to share his love to people and when the time came that He took the alcoholism out of our lives, I could reflect back and know just how good He was to me. Despite the hurt that had happened in my life.

And I am and will always be eternally grateful to His loving kindness!

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Hello, Friends. Thanks for stopping by. I apologize for not posting over the last couple of days. It had been a kind of tough weekend. But I thank you for coming by and pray God's blessing on you!