"but I am a Christian"...

02.08.05 (9:10 pm)

One of my co-workers is out looking for a place to rent. And in where I live, not is a small feat. For one, housing is scarce; another if you do find a place is it within your price range? :roll: So my co-worker who I will call Ms. R has been searching for a while. And since she has been searching for a length of time, she is ready and prepare for what she needs. References, money for deposit, and even has a rental application all ready to hand over when she meets with the person who is the owner of the rental property. So today she took time off of work to go look at another place. And of course there was other "potential renters" to look at the house as well. But what threw her, as she was talking with the owner, and telling the person who would living with her in the house, one of the other potential renters pip-up "but I am a Christian". Ms. R doesn't have a walking relationship with Jesus. She knows that I do. But yet she feels comfortable hanging out with me, as we do lunch, or go thrift store shopping. I pray that one day she will know Jesus as her personal Lord and Savior. Please don’t get me wrong, I sympathize with this person that made that statement. I understand her pain, frustration, and just not knowing what God has plan for her. But today as I was driving home, I was reminded of 1Cor.13:4-7 “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres”. The key word that comes to mind is that “not self-seeking”. We serve a God that wants us to call out to Him, in all of our issues that we are dealing with in life. I am in a ministry, and awhile back I was dealing with some health issues, and being rather prideful, and wasn’t ready to face reality, I insisted to be involved in the ministry, thinking that my health would not be an issue. Well, it was. And there was a sister in the Lord; who decided to vent about my decision, and the lack of commitment I was not able to do. And she decided to vent to others about me as well as other things, but I think you get the picture. I was her moving target, but I was not moving in the way that she wanted me to move. Well I try to talk to her, and she still wouldn’t stop. I even took someone else with me and confronted this sister, and she still didn’t listen. So instead, I let her continue what ever she was bend on doing, and I prayed for her. I asked God to help me deal with the issues I was dealing with her, the hurt of her heart that I may of cause her, and for forgiveness of my own self slightness about myself. I have come to a place where I do forgive her, and because of her wanting to vent her fiery darts at me, others saw what she was doing, and now she was asked to take a sabbatical break. God has all our battles, but only if we allow Him to have them. It seems that Ms. R. is going to get the rental. The owner of the house had called her at work several times this afternoon, with questions. As for that person that made her statement, I pray that God will give her peace. That He will show her that this place was not to where He would have had her lived. That he has better plans for her and her living situation. I prayed that she will be reminded of Jeremiah 29:11: "For I know the plans I have for you, " declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. That is something you can hold on to……

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