I am having an experience worth writing about at the moment. Yesterday *** let me know that *** is listing their home for sale.
I am very surprised, and it doesn’t take a lot of self-reflection to realize for myself that my feelings are hurt.
But, there is a positive result. I have been driven to think much more deeply about what it means to pray for your enemies.
If there is anyone in the world who would be my enemy, it’s ***. And now maybe ***, because it’s hard to know how else *** would have known who *** was.
But tender feelings seem to make the veil thin when I pray specifically for the welfare and benefit of those who I am offended by.
I choose those words carefully because I can not say they have offended me. I do not know if I am their target or not. If I were to say that, I might as well say Heavenly Father offended me.
However, I have taken offence, whether it’s intended or not, mostly in the form of hurt feelings. They are our friends, and we have also gone to extra lengths to serve them in times of need.
But, regardless of that, I have to trust that Heavenly Father is ultimately at the head of our lives. Whether we live or die, we live or die following the Lord. Whether we prosper or lose all we have, we do it unto the Lord. He gives, and he takes away, and we follow Him regardless of the circumstances of our lives in this world, because this place is just temporary.
I will do my best to put all my trust in Him, and work for him to the best of my ability.