Sorry for the delay in getting my Sharing God's Love out but the surgery affected my vision and there are days that I cannot see very well and can hardly even check e-mail. So "Sharing" is a more than one day project anymore. Please be patient. I still have some facial deformities (drooping) but can have visitors if you would like to come by.......................................................
This week, I have been somewhat amused and yet quite pleased with Debbie's http://anything-but-typical.blogspot.com . I remember thinking when she was younger that I would not know what kind of mother I was until the finished product became an adult and now I know that my finished product (Debbie) has turned out just as I wished. I don't think I would change anything about her. (When I get older and she has to decide about which nursing home to put me in I may change my mind and that day may be getting sooner than I wish to think.)
Debbie now attends an Episcopal church. She is Christian through and through. Her doctrine is Baptist even though she enjoys the formality of the service of the Episcopal church and the friends she has made there. Personally, I like her pastor; he is a Christian, is VERY mission minded, and Her friends also are nice but I am not ready to leave my Baptist heritage and would not drink real wine for any reason I can think of. I also like a more informal church service so for the time being I will stay where I am.
You really have to read Debbie's blog entry entitled "An unrepentant Lent" to understand where I am going with this but it has to do with HONESTY.
Every parent wants their child to tell them the truth.I expected Debbie to be truthful with me as she was growing up. I was less apt to punish her if she told me the truth about something but if she lied to me she was going to be punished until I felt I could trust her again. (Punished did not always mean getting spanked.) Debbie learned early on that it was better just to tell Mama the truth and for that reason, we had very few big arguments. Debbie had to confess in her blogspot that she had not kept what she had said she would do during Lent for her to have peace in her heart. It would have been better if she had just given up spinach. She could not pretend something to appear religious. She had to be honest to herself and I think God has been smiling about the whole thing. He will really be smiling when she gets the CD her daddy ordered for her: John Starnes, "Let the Hallelujah's Roll". (Debbie actually played Keyboard for John Starnes when he came to the church they attended in Raleigh, NC.)
It is also absolutely true that God gives women a special sense that lets them know when someone is trying to pull something over on them whether it be a child, husband, family member or friend. The closer you are to someone the harder it is to be dishonest to them and if you believe the one who has been dishonest, the dishonesty will put a hole in the wall of trust between you.
The closer one is to God, He will also give one a special feeling or sense about whether or not someone is trustworthy and it pays to pay attention to that Inner Voice. The Holy Spirit will keep us from being in a lot of trouble or hurt that we do not have to suffer.
Debbie has been trying to teach this to our Rachel and David. I hope our grandchildren learn about honesty as well as their mother has. Our dear son-in-law is one of the most trustworthy people I know.
Jesus came for the whole world. He loved the whole world. He treated everyone, every color, creed, nation - the whole world - the same. He loved and died for the world. He spoke honestly. He showed no favorites. John was called the disciple whom Jesus loved probably because he was so young but nowhere do we read that Jesus loved one of the disciples more than another. He taught all of His disciples the same. They were all taught to go into all the world to teach the things that He had taught them, baptizing in the name of the Father, Son and Spirit.That is what we need to be doing as best we can. We need to be honestly and truthfully,
Sharing God's Love,
Peggy
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