Sister Pancakes LOL I sure understand that!!! Did you know this was a promise???( Matt 10:34-42!) After I received Jesus into my life in a mop closet in College of all places, it was 2 whole years before the Lord would return me to my home! I wanted to go back home,but the Lord had other plans, like preparing me first to go back home!
Lesson number one my tongue!( James 3) please look very close at verses 13-18!!!! verse 13 the gentleness of wisdom! This can only come by a renewed mind!( rom 12:2) It comes to keep our peace in both self control( gal 5:23) and by as Jesus does us, to actually choose to look at another in a different light then before!( Phil 4:7-8!!)
Just a little start for us all to consider sis. Anyway finally when I did get back home after 2 years, I was so very thankful for the Lord in teaching me some much needed knowledge and wisdom concerning how to deal with loved ones!( 1 thess 5:18)
Loved ones know which buttons to push! loved ones look at every opportunity to push those buttons to!! But knowing why they do this helps greatly in dealing with them! They do this to get you to indentify with your old nature so they can better speak to you on there level!!
When the Lord revels to you as he has done many of us of this fact then!!! You understand how in any situation one can keep there peace within themselves! Ah it does take some practice as well!!! LOL( phil 1:6) we also are a work in progress, little by little, day by day, we remember slow and steady wins the race.( 1 Cor 6:12 as well as 1 Cor 9:23-27!) verse 27! The result!
After 3 years on a cold and rainy night, a knock upon my bedroom door arrived,it was both my mom and my brother,as I opened the door to greet them, my mom had tears and brothers head was very low. Mom said,"Mark, we have both studied you now for many months, and there is quite something different then the son I used to have and the brother you used to be,we have truly seen Jesus in your life, would you pray for us??" OF COURSE!!!! I said!! They both became true believers of our Jesus sister!! And I learned a great lesson as well!! Depending on how long we endure others( heb 10:36) greatly depends upon our own progression in our Lord Jesus!!( 2 Peter 3:18!!)
For the Lord Jesus greatly endured me!! And so it is dear sister that we not sound like believers but we must also act upon being believers as well!!( James 1:22)
For when Jesus went out he showed who he was ever before speaking about his nature! And when he did speak many did listen to him because they SAW!! May this help all of our mindsets with our family,because no one ever said life was easy!! LOL Life teaches endurance! And only Jesus teaches us about life in enduring to the very end,both for others and ourself! Blessing all!
