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This will be a bit of a new experience for me. While I am completely comfortable hearing the trials of others and giving counsel I am really, really out of practice sharing the trials I face in my own life. Sometimes I get the feeling that many believe the clergy don't suffer like normal people. We do but many, like myself, are hard pressed to show that we can indeed be hurt.
Recently, I had the duty of going to court against a member of my own family. It does not matter that I was given a subpeana and compelled to appear. The very fact that I was there, standing against some silly notion of "blood" of which we only share one common parent and the other parent is/was an abuser of his step-children. Sadly, this generational curse was the reason I was compelled in the first place.
There is one fundamental difference between me and them, Jesus. While they hold to the blood of Adam, I hold to the blood of Christ. Don't get me wrong, the stuff that feels my body alive is important, but, when something arises where Adam and Jesus are at odds, no matter the consequences, I will side with Jesus.
At to the title, today is Mothers Day and I would normally be calling my mother. Because I obeyed the Law and the Lord I have been "disowned". This year I will not be wishing my mother happy mothers day because she took it upon herself to completely block me out of her life. The part that hurts is she never once asked me why. As the Lord commands of all His children I have forgiven her and those that have followed her lead. But forgiveness does not end the heart pain. Forgiveness does not make you forget.
Even though I will not be able to say it to her this year and perhaps never again and even though she is not a member here nor is she likely to become one I still have to say, Happy Mothers Day Mom, I love you.
In Christ,
Her son
Recently, I had the duty of going to court against a member of my own family. It does not matter that I was given a subpeana and compelled to appear. The very fact that I was there, standing against some silly notion of "blood" of which we only share one common parent and the other parent is/was an abuser of his step-children. Sadly, this generational curse was the reason I was compelled in the first place.
There is one fundamental difference between me and them, Jesus. While they hold to the blood of Adam, I hold to the blood of Christ. Don't get me wrong, the stuff that feels my body alive is important, but, when something arises where Adam and Jesus are at odds, no matter the consequences, I will side with Jesus.
At to the title, today is Mothers Day and I would normally be calling my mother. Because I obeyed the Law and the Lord I have been "disowned". This year I will not be wishing my mother happy mothers day because she took it upon herself to completely block me out of her life. The part that hurts is she never once asked me why. As the Lord commands of all His children I have forgiven her and those that have followed her lead. But forgiveness does not end the heart pain. Forgiveness does not make you forget.
Even though I will not be able to say it to her this year and perhaps never again and even though she is not a member here nor is she likely to become one I still have to say, Happy Mothers Day Mom, I love you.
In Christ,
Her son