I am one that is commonly misunderstood. People tend to over read things and judge me harshly based on things that are said by others. And that is common with all people especially while going through high school. And I was once again misunderstood like many times before and the first thoughts that came to mind were negative. Not purposely, it was just natural instinct. I started to think of every reason why I dislike that person... Well that's just not right. I have no right to judge them that isn't my job and I have some of the same qualities that I disliked about them. So here is what I did, and I highly recommend this to anyone who is walking with God. On a paper I made two columns one that said dislikes where I wrote all the things I disliked about that person. The other side I wrote likes and for every dislike I had I wrote a quality that I liked. Sounds easy? Well it's actually not when all you can think about is the negatives. So next I wrote every quality that I disliked that I also had... which is hard to admit but it's there. One was immature... sadly I can be immature sometimes. I wrote a list of how I can change those qualities about myself. Then I wrote a prayer to God asking for the strength and courage to fix those things and I prayed that He helps the people who give me a hard time because they may be struggling somewhere in life or they just need to know Him. Like the Serenity Prayer begins: God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference ~ Reinhold Niebuhr. And finally my main goal is to love others the way God loves us, the way I love God. His love is unconditional and that is how ours should be." Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love." 1 John 4:7-8. God is love.
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