The voice of God via His Word is
repetitive with a call to start life over, to be a new person, to arise with a
renewed dimension of power and hope and love. If there's a consistent fact
about the God dynamic, it is that His people often make adjustments toward the
improvement side. Hopefully, we mature.
I venture to guess that you are not the
same person you were twenty-five days ago; let alone even twenty-five years
ago. You believe differently. You approach problems more maturely. Frankly, in
many instances you've simply changed your mind.
So, if we note within ourselves
significant changes having taken place, why would we not believe the same would
be possible for those within our cluster of stressful contacts? Grievances are
carried on far too long. We may note progress within our own walk; but simply
forget that those with whom we differ may have grown up at the same pace (or
possibly even accelerated beyond us).
Living in begrudgment is a waste of
heart-energy. It isn't necessary. Furthermore, it's costly. Our anger and
frustration blocks out our enemies and contaminates our friends. Assuming that
we are immune from identical mistaken behavior, we chatter with those "on
our side" as if we are not just like "them". This practice merely
strengthens mistaken barriers.
My guestimation is that, with age, you
have changed. Yes, there remains room for improvement; but you've likely come a
long way. So why would we not think such inevitable for those among our
strained-relationships? Might we drop the grudges and begin to believe in the
good side of....us?
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