So i welcome you to journey with me and to explore the things going on in our lives. As with all people, this world can be lonely, but we forget that feeling lonely is not necessary meaning that we are alone.
Being judged and told that we are right or wrong, is not necessarily an indicator that we are or are not right or wrong, but that what other people say, may or may not have merit. Even Job's closest friends counseled him in ways that ultimately tried to solve their problems for him. Not that we should not seek the counsel of others to find perspective of our own circumstances and God's will being done in our life, but we must be careful not to judge things before the present time.
As Paul stated, "why do you judge others, i don't even judge myself"- b/c how can i truly know? But it is having our faith firmly rooted in Christ, where we find that assurance of faith.
People can only help us find our way so much. as the family of God- even then, they can journey with us, praying with us and supporting each other, but we need to ever so careful about judging things. Examples of labeling or stigmatizing certain things we need to be careful with, because when that happens, we become dismissive of what God may be doing in their lives. We dismiss the possibility that God may have something planned for you being in their lives.
I suppose- i am as guilty as any other person but also helped by the fact that i am anything but normal. What is normal anyways?
It's never my job to solve problems for others. I feel that our can do attitude can be disruptive in the workings of God. We all need to go through the struggle ourselves- so we can learn the lesson for ourselves. And while our struggles may be different, people do not learn from as much from what they are good at- but more from times of struggle and pain. Even the strongest people never got to where they were without huge amounts of struggle.
And life maturity for me is surely learning to be patient in times of struggle and patience in dealing with others, and most importantly, patience in dealing with myself.
i may be only able to forgive others as much as i am able to forgive myself. i am only able to love others in as much as i can see myself through God's eyes and loving myself. Learning to appreciate the life lessons and humbling times as normal may be the only way to keep my heart from being calloused and keeping it soft and receptive to the things God is teaching me.
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