All
relationships require a level of respect and understanding. All communicators
require some form of open-end collaboration.
Today I
received some news. And in order for me to process it with “positivety ” I must
admit to myself that I’m prepared to move forward and release what was
initially “disturbing me” so often we bury the burdens of our lives which may
have occurred through a duration of time stemming from relationships that
involve parents, siblings, friends or associates, so we never disclose the
information that haunts us in reaching our final destination.
In the
biblical readings it read Paul struggled with “A Thorn in his side” and prayed
for relief to God three times. And Jesus did the same three times for removal
of the spiritual Thorn in Paul’s life. Corinthians:
A “thorn
in my side” is not always a hardship allocated to one type of person. A thorn
in my side is events occurring in one moment or choices made over time.
A Thorn in
My Side resurfaces from a realm of spiritual disobedience. Not just what people
say is a string of back luck, rare illnesses or physical infirmities that
even scholars have yet to find a resolution. Have you
ever attempted to make a person happy? Only to find out what this person
desperately seeks is not meant to be within their are your reach reach? And what I mean is
someone who has already committed themselves to something or someone, or maybe this
someone has no plan of involving themselves. Where someone else may struggle
with a cycle of disobedience and rebellion in their marriages, small or grown
up kids, sometimes that spiritual thorn that aches could stem from one to a
majority of places. For instance if you have been blessed with gifts but ration
those gifts to whoever will take them in return for what you desire to have of
them. Because love has no price any man can pay, or neither does respect that’s
has to be earned on any given day.
One day while working in a professional
atmosphere out of the blue a distinguished gentleman mentioned to me; how his
“marriages” did not work out the third time around. I giggled and replied
“maybe it was you who did not take enough time in between time to figure out
why.
I knew a woman in my life that searched for a man to make her, his wife. In the
beginning this man was a dream come true. There was not anything that he would
not do, to make this woman’s dream come true. They traveled and had son a son
to carry his last name. Then one day Satan came in and to her surprise this
dream man would affect her and that child's life. They struggled to find
good people in their lives. They dealt with unstable relationships. They
labored faithfully; sometimes they were just happy to share everything. Is when
people "drained that open door of opportunity" as people mocked their
infirmities, eventually this woman made her bed and left everything behind to
save herself & those beautiful kids, and married a good man who prayed for a family to love
him in return. The story ends like this prior to her new marriage this man stalked this
family for years even after he was remarried. The one child suffered over
years to understand his daddy as the other child over years struggled to sleep
through the nightmares. Until God said it's time to let go and live.
The storms will rage in our lives. No matter what race you are in this
life where laughter inspires us to live until we die. Is why I give all praises
and honor to the head of my life. The one who made the ultimate sacrifice and
commanded my wrongs to right, and spoke to my enemies who plotted on me
throughout the night making me more grateful to have taken the time to
appreciate my grandmother’s prayers in my life, my mother for staying strong
and believing in her children in every storm, and my aunts strong will to see I
turn out to be the best I can be. Oh, did I not mention the father figure in my
life who shared with me his war stories, the rules of engagement and how a
gentleman should treat a lady who 'requires' it.
There is another question that Humanity leaves unanswered. Why do the good
suffer with the bad, knowing the truth is Humanity has no idea of God's real purpose and 1 plan, for mankinf will have to work, pray and remain steadfast.
