Friends & Family
Why does your heart carry you away, and what do your eyes wink at, that you turn your spirit against God, and let such words go out of your mouth? Job 15:12-13 (Eliphaz)
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Who can know the heart of another? Yet, some assume to have such knowledge. Some believe with the seeing of the eye that they can judge the inner working of another’s heart. Some think, “they must have sinned.” “They must not be following the Lord, or His Word.” “Therefore, I will keep my distance, I don’t want to be known as their associate.”
You don’t believe me, well I’ve experience it and so have many of you. And yea it hurts. It smites like the cruelest whipping, leaving scars across the heart, burned in a battered mind that is already anguished. Such betrayal seems to happen when we need a friend most, when life is throwing us curve balls when we’ll all set for a slider. We strike out again, we fail, or we miss the mark of God and sin. To make matters worse our sin is known, it is open. It’s a word spoken harshly or in anger or some other silly and dumb transgression.
So we’ll low. We’re embarrassed and our poor, poor pride is pouting. Our bottom lip is dragging ground and we wonder, ‘where is our comforter’?
Thank God for family! When acquaintances disappear. When close ties come unknotted. When buddies become bud-less its then that we often turn to those who are there all along. Our wife, our husband, our daughter, our son, or parents. And you know what…?
They don’t care… they don’t care that we’ve messed up a master-piece. For they know us for who we truly are… a clueless-Christian, a Father who’s faulty, a husband who’s often helpless until the wife, the daughter, or son comes along and listens and nudges us back to the basics.
Back to prayer, back to the Bible, back to being who we are instead of what we think we should be or the pretensions of others. Family grounds us, settles us, and restores us! Our families love us and take care of us even when we’ll grumpy, even when we’re a mess, and even when we don’t want help. They push aside and past our temporary stupidity and calm, care, and comfort.
So, at times some forsake and some draw closer. Some shrink back and some strive to come closer. Grab hold of those who care! Draw them close, cherish their friendship and build in them and with them lasting relationships that last and that bring comfort one to another.
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Who can know the heart of another? Yet, some assume to have such knowledge. Some believe with the seeing of the eye that they can judge the inner working of another’s heart. Some think, “they must have sinned.” “They must not be following the Lord, or His Word.” “Therefore, I will keep my distance, I don’t want to be known as their associate.”
You don’t believe me, well I’ve experience it and so have many of you. And yea it hurts. It smites like the cruelest whipping, leaving scars across the heart, burned in a battered mind that is already anguished. Such betrayal seems to happen when we need a friend most, when life is throwing us curve balls when we’ll all set for a slider. We strike out again, we fail, or we miss the mark of God and sin. To make matters worse our sin is known, it is open. It’s a word spoken harshly or in anger or some other silly and dumb transgression.
So we’ll low. We’re embarrassed and our poor, poor pride is pouting. Our bottom lip is dragging ground and we wonder, ‘where is our comforter’?
Thank God for family! When acquaintances disappear. When close ties come unknotted. When buddies become bud-less its then that we often turn to those who are there all along. Our wife, our husband, our daughter, our son, or parents. And you know what…?
They don’t care… they don’t care that we’ve messed up a master-piece. For they know us for who we truly are… a clueless-Christian, a Father who’s faulty, a husband who’s often helpless until the wife, the daughter, or son comes along and listens and nudges us back to the basics.
Back to prayer, back to the Bible, back to being who we are instead of what we think we should be or the pretensions of others. Family grounds us, settles us, and restores us! Our families love us and take care of us even when we’ll grumpy, even when we’re a mess, and even when we don’t want help. They push aside and past our temporary stupidity and calm, care, and comfort.
So, at times some forsake and some draw closer. Some shrink back and some strive to come closer. Grab hold of those who care! Draw them close, cherish their friendship and build in them and with them lasting relationships that last and that bring comfort one to another.
posted by Michael Byrd at 11:48 AM
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