Different People

Today I received a call from a close friend of mine & fellow believer. She was distrought about a reaction she had to a friend of hers who had done her wrong. We had this interesting conversation about what had happend and what she needed to do to make it right. What I love about this person is that she was real with what she was feeling. She had been treated unfairly by someone whom she trusted & who was also a believer. Her first reaction was to close off in hopes that she wouldn't get hurt or hurt more from what had happend between the two. What was in my heart to tell her was that she now had to make it right if that friend of hers wasn't. Apparently the friend kept sending messages to her that were trying to aggrivate her and make the situation bigger than what it had become. This friend of mine acknowledged that her behavior was in the wrong & it may not have been the best way to handle it at the time. So she became the bigger person in this & made things right.

After the call I did some thinking. This phrase came to me and I wanted to share it with you. A while back our former pastor spoke to us about Christians being "different" & not better than anyone else. The way we, my friend & I, worked out her problem was just that. She responded in a sincere way letting her friend know that she reacted the way she did because she was hurt & caught by surprise. The second thing she did was asked her friend to forgive her if she offended her with her actions towards her. This friend of mine could have simply responded back in strife & kept on about her business or lost a friend today because neither one of them would fix this.

Today I want to understand that statement more and more. We're not better we're just different. As believers, and just as human beings, we should always consider the better way to go. We should make things right that we know need to be fixed. No matter the cost, we should be the bigger person by being different. I told my friend that the best thing to do was to ask ourselves what would Jesus have us do. Would he have us be like the people who are just out to hurt & destroy? Or, would he have us go the different route & bless those who curse us? I know my Bible says to bless those who curse me. So, I am going to conquer doing just that. When someone wrongs me, I will not turn my cheek in hate, or hurt. I will love them & make things right. And if I miss the mark, which I'm sure we all do from time to time, I know that God's Love will love me as I am & I am to do the same for others.

Forgive, & you shall be forgiven. Let it go & Let God take control. Our hate, our disappointments, our mistakes, our worry, our emotional walls, & our stubborness can only take us so far. In most cases, not so far at all.