Two of my friends have been arguing lately, and they unintentionally made me the middle man in their disputes. I don't know if you've been in this situation, but it's rough and tough. You want to help them handle the disagreements via Matthew, but when one-on-one isn't working for them, another party should join. And well, that's where I've been.
But there came a point when I was like:
"Do you really want to talk to me, or do you just want to use me to get to the other?"
"Wow. It probably seems like that, huh? I'm sorry. I didn't mean for that to happen."
... Well. That was a couple of days ago. And I was going over it in my head, wondering, asking God to reveal to me what to do. (And by the way, don't ask unless you really wanna know.) God reminded me:
"Isn't that what you do with me sometimes? Simply talk to me to get what you need? Not quite a relationship, is it?"
"...Huh. It really does seem like that... I'm sorry. I didn't mean for that to happen."
See? Our intentions aren't always wrong, but when we don't love our neighbor as ourself, put them first, well... That's when we start asking to receive more than we need to ask what they need from us.
Just a thought.
May we all check and re-check out intentions at the door.
By Grace, Tara K
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