I know this is gonna come as a huge surprise, but the other day, I messed up and acted in a way less than what my father expects of me. While a lot of my friends were loving and a soft place to fall definitely what I needed, I also needed accountability. One of my sisters in Christ said "Jill I love you but, You messed up and nothing you can do about it now, but repent." She also reminded me I don't need the approval of man but of God. Thank you Sonya.
I will admit at first I was hurt. I sat for a minute and stared at the screen and pouted. Then I swear to y'all, I heard my granny's voice. When I was little I used to always say to her when I had done something wrong, well they did it too Granny. And she would promptly reply " wonderful y'all can pat each others backs all the way through the gates of hell." LOL You had to know my granny she was a tiny woman with huge brown eyes. Her heart was also huge but she believed whole heartedly in accountability. She would say I know you've been through a lot at a young age and I know how amazing you are and that you can do amazing things. She would say "in this house we aren't gonna lower the bar to where we are we will rise to meet the bar where God has placed it." As an adult I love that. I raise my kids in much the same way. And when people say the bible has a lot of good stuff but some of it is outdated or doesn't apply to my life, I think what? Well in this life I'm gonna try to meet the bar where God has placed it. See He doesn't ask of us anything we cannot do through Him. Period. It will not happen that He will call you to something and not equip you for it. His extravagant mercy and grace Guarantee it!
Now, all that being said you will fail. period. Our humanity guarantees it. Throughout the bible God gives us examples of men and women who fail. They repent and are redeemed. But, friends there is a price to be paid for our actions. We may lose friends, or promotions, we may have to absolutely start over again. David did. Time and time and time again. However, God called him a man after His own heart. He never failed to repent accept forgiveness and begin again. See it is one thing to feel remorse, repent, and lay there in sackcloth and ashes. It is another to say I fell short of the bar. Let's do this again, but better.
God bless and keep you Ms. Jill
1 comment:
Not the dreaded "I love you but..."!!! It's good to have sisters that hold us accountable, tell us when we are not doing right and love us anyway.
PS
(Is this the same Sonya that influenced you into biting off your nails? Just saying!!....)
Ame
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