You’d think by now I’d be immune to bad news, but I still hate it when I’ve been hoping for something and it doesn’t work out… It’s such a bummer! I’ve prayed, and thought that this is what was going to happen, but because it hasn’t gone as expected, I now have to go back to the drawing-board and ask, is the answer coming in a different way from what I expected, or is the answer no?
Anyway, in an unrelated bulletin… it’s such a blessing to be loved by someone who knows you inside out. Jesus has done that for me, but it was really healing for me to hear someone say a while back… “I have seen you on your good days and on your not-so-good days. I have watched you grow; I have seen you struggle to stay afloat – I STILL LOVE YOU. You have the ability to bless and irritate me with the same intensity, but I have counted the cost of loving you and am ready to face whatever it takes. I’m not going anywhere. I have no problem with you healing, but at least let me into that wall you’ve built around yourself – with no pressure, just as your friend.”
One of the many tongue-tying moments I have had this year. I don't know why I remembered it today.
Sunday, August 23, 2009
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i agree about the love, someone who knows you inside out has a right to reject you, so its a miracle that they choose to love you! my husband actually told me the same before we got back together, that he counted the cost of what it would take to be back in a marriage with the past we had, and he also asked me to let him in. hard to do i tell you but at the end of the day what counts is it is doable!!
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