June 10, 2013
Catching up on blogs is not an easy feat. I want to write just the one for right now, but I feel like part of the journey is lost. So if you're overwhelmed by the amount…or if they seem a little jumbled…pace yourself and know that this month has been a little jumbled so you're probably right on track.
Have you ever met a person that seems to get defensive very easily? Or maybe you've made someone angry, and then everything you say to them afterwards just rubs them the wrong way and brings about this unexpected response. Maybe you have friends like this.
I don't. I don't choose friends like this. My friends know that I love them…and life's too short to create drama where it's not needed, so I've had incredibly amazing friendships.
I was discussing with someone here on the Race a particular situation that I'd had. We were laying there in the dark, in the shed we're sleeping in, and from across the room… I told her, "If she would just believe that we love her…it would change everything."
Yeah, Kacie. The Lord stopped me.
If YOU would just believe that I love YOU…
If I would view every situation through the lens of that…how would that change things? Every word said to this person, she combats…instead of receiving.
So, what does that look like for me? Do I deflect each Word? Do I take each situation as an offensive word? Instead of receiving it for the goodness You intended it to be?
If I would just believe that You love me…
I would receive each situation as an expression of Your love…
The situation doesn't determine whether or not You love me…
I would already know that You loved me…
So no situation can be anything else but that…
If I would just really believe that You love me…
