Not perfect

I had an interesting thing happen this week that I thought I would share here. I flubbed up and I am so thankful that I have been forgiven by God for my mistake.

I do not want to dish out all the details of the events that took place because that would go against what I learned from James. *sigh*

James 3:6

How do you share how the Lord has worked in your life without *gossiping* and telling the story? This is hard.

I was deeply hurt by someone in my life. I was stabbed with hurtful words. I reacted badly at first. I immediately talked about it with other people in my life. Foolishly thinking that by talking about it, that would somehow take away the pain? No matter what that person did to me it was NOT right for me react the way I did.

I made a mistake. I stopped myself and asked for God’s forgiveness. As soon as I said that prayer, I felt okay with what was going on. I was hurt. I felt betrayed but I knew it was not my deal. Underlying issues were troubling this persons heart. I did not bring on such hate and I was not going to tear myself up over what that person had said. I will continue to pray for that persons heart but that is all I can do.

I am a Christian. I am not perfect. That is okay. I make mistakes. That is okay. God loves me.