Deal with it

Sometimes things take place in our life that we have to deal with.

Sometimes it's our own fault and sometimes it's someone else's fault.

There are some things we need to own up too.

I was in middle school when I had a kid that picked on me.

I wasn't the physical specimen that I am today (with sarcasm).

I didn't brush my hair, had some ugly glasses braces and weighed maybe 90 pounds.

I was not good looking.

There was this couple of kids on our bus stop that picked on me.

I pretty much ignored it but had to deal with it a couple of times.

Either way I lived through it.

About eight years ago I ran into one of these kids at Church.

He started to attend the same Church I attended.

While we did the Church small talk and were fine.

I still had in my mind how this kid picked on me.

Every time I talked to him the same thoughts cameback.

We were nice back and forward but never moved past that Church small talk.

He stopped attending Church there a couple of months later.

I never saw him again and never connected with him.

For all I know he could be attending Church elsewhere or he could have left the Church.

I hope he found another Church.

Why did I have the same thoughts as a kid come up.

What if he stopped attending Church.

I could have helped him get more plugged in, I chose not too.

While I moved on from what happened as a kid partially, it was still in my head.

I half forgave him.

At some point we have to reflect on the statement Jesus told the disciples in Luke 9:41…

"O unbelieving and perverse generation. How long shall I stay with you and put up with you?"

Jesus was telling this to his disciples because they weren't able to heal someone when he went away.

Luke doesn't give the reason other gospels do with this story.

Yet this is something I have to think about.

How long will Jesus have to put up with me?

With my selfish thoughts.

With my personal temptations.

With my inability to forgive people fully.

I still need to work on things.

Nobody is perfect other then Jesus, this still requires us to improve.

I am far from perfect and have to accept that there are things I do that turn people away from faith.

We can all change, get better and be more serious when it comes to forgive other people.

Have a great day.