Okay. I'm only going to work about work briefly. Ana's not here today, so I'm running the whipping in the digital room. It's busy, but I have good help. God has sustained me through today, and once we roll past 7:00 pm, the most hectic stretch will be over.
Now it's all out of my system. Time to move on.
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My parents and I have started doing our evening prayer time together again. Sometimes, it's not so easy to do, since I come home weeknights anytime between 10:45 and 11:30 pm. Still, we're getting together as often as we can, and I think it's good for us.
My dad has said he has trouble letting people grow close to him, admittedly out of fear of being hurt. It's a feeling I know and understand all too well. He wants to do better and look for those opportunities to share with other brothers and sisters.
A few days after my friend Eneida's baby shower, I told Dad that I thought she liked him, which surprised him, as he doesn't really think of himself as a likable person. I said that I don't think of myself as particularly likable, either, but people seem to like me.
Dad and I are very much alike, so I sympathize with his struggles. It's difficult still for me to let people in, something I'm trying hard to address as the future prospect of a relationship weighs more on my mind.
The Book of Proverbs tells us that we ought to guard our hearts, for everything we do flows from it (Proverbs 4:23). Giving our hearts too quickly to someone else leaves us open for hurt later on. People think love is all about romance and drinking in all the emotion. Rather, like so many things, we are admonished to apply wisdom in the use of our love. Our hearts are vulnerable, but we can have protection if we exercise godly wisdom.
I pray that God will grant me wisdom in how I exercise the love He has given me.
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