When God gives you Lemons........

Hello my wonderful followers in Christ I am so happy to be able to put my thoughts down on this blog and reflect back on it later.  I am really struggling with forgiveness now a days.  I understand that God forgives us and that we must forgive others but have you ever had someone that has just really gone out of their way to make you miserable and yet you cant get past it? 

My testimony is sort of like that.  I have spent my whole life doing what is wrong and have only in the last decade finally gotten it right.  Here Bryon is 16, graduating high school soon and both him and Paige are driving.  God really has had a hand in that relationship because I have amazing children.  Not only do they not give me any problems but their love and trust in God is far greater than most kids their age.  They are simply amazing.  I wont say who the problem source is but I will say that the person is someone who a child is suppose to look up to, love and cherish but yet that person has gone out of their way to make life unbearable sometimes.  God doesn't was me to sit and stu in the desire for revenge and I can imagine how he felt when he was persecuted by those he tried to help.  He says "they hate me, they will surely hate you" I just wish some relationships were easier to heal than others.  I have an amazing family that loves me, a wonderful husband who I don't deserve, and a God who died for my sins so that I could have everlasting salvation what else could a girl want?

So in conclusion I want to thank you all for reading my silly thoughts.  Sometimes I have to remember that when you embark on a road to revenge you better dig 2 graves.  Nothing good can come from this train of thought.  God wants us to be understanding, forgiving, thoughtful, honest etc. etc. I strive everyday to be like Christ and of course I will fall short but I have to remember that Jesus died for them to, all my enemies all the people I claim to not like, Jesus died for them just as he did for me.....Just thoughts to ponder.

With love forever,
Mandi