I Love Them, I Love Me Not
Thursday, March 13, 2014 Posted by Debbie Legg
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funny thing is happening as I continue to read the Bible—my heart is expanding.
Don’t
get me wrong, I’m still plenty selfish, self-centered, self-protecting, overly-self-aware,
and of-course-it’s-all-about-ME-ish. There just somehow seems to be a bit more
room for other people.
Naturally,
this means my chances of being hurt are expanding as well. I really don’t like
that part.
I
especially don’t like it because the more I find myself hurt over something,
the more I am realizing that I do The. Exact. Same. Thing. To. Other. People.
You
may begin engraving my name on the Hypocrite of the Year Award.
How
dare they? Now I know. How could they? Yep, that too. How can she be so blind
to the damage she is causing? God is taking my blinders off a little at a time
(I think that’s all my heart can bear).
I
am learning, but it’s not a 101 I’m enjoying. There is no spring in my step.
Not. Even. Close. Do you see those two long troughs in the dirt? My dug-in
heels are making those.
But,
I know if I want to become the woman God intends me to be, it has to be done.
By me.
But
also by God. I can’t change, but He can change me. I can’t grow, but He can
grow me. I just have to let Him.
If
you hear some whining and crying, don’t worry, it’s just God removing the plank
in my eye.
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