I woke up this morning to the most wonderful letter I have ever received. I got a letter from my son who has been staying with me for the past two months. He has had a very difficult life and two months ago, something devastating happened to him that no person should ever have to go through. After the incident, he came to stay with me. He felt very hurt, scared and rejected, I wasn't sure what I could do to help him because the circumstances were totally out of my control. I decided just to love!
We had both suffered at the hands of the same person at different times in our lives so I understood where he was coming from so I knew neither of us were going to be able to change things.
As I thought about things I remembered the scriptures from Romans 12:10-12. . .10Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another; "not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord; 12rejoicing in hope, patients in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer; NKJV
Everything is out of my control, I hate to see my son suffer, but I can only show him love, pray for and comfort him through his trials. And remember to give it completely to God. I have tried to fix so many things in my life only to have them explode up in my face. From now on, God has complete control, I'm not going to take it from him out of "prideful thinking". Who am I to actually think I can fix things?
I am going to have peace in my life, I'm going to quit feeling guilty about everything that doesn't go well. "Why do I think everything that goes wrong is all my fault?" It isn't, satan puts that burden on me because he knows he can. I'm not allowing it anymore! Let things be as they may.
Love, prayer, peace, that sounds good to me. I know Brandon and I together are healing and loving each other. We are not falling back into the traps of the past. We love our family, but we can't force things to change. It's completely in God's hands and that now gives me the peace I have needed for so many years.
The sweetest little letter from my son has given me the peace to know I am doing the "right" things. Remember: Love, Prayer, Peace! Give your issues to God, he'll do you good by them!
My sweet little letter is very personal so I will give you a simple summation: Thank you mom for loving me the way I am and making me feel safe and secure.
God loves me the way I am so that is the least I can do! Remember in your own lives to "accept" people just as they are and love them unconditionally, if you are willing to do that, you will reap the sweetest rewards!
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