I don't know why but I seem to be easily offended or maybe irritated, but they're both the same to me, I don't know if people realise or if it's just cool because I let it slide, so to speak.
Family the best and worst gift ever! The majority if them come across as though they think they're better than me or know more than I do, but who cares I'm still the daughter of the most high king!
I can't say I'm looking forward to certain main events in my life where it's 'imperative' you invite your whole family because I don't intend to, I'm looking to cut costs so we'll start with people that don't even drop an 'is everything alright' text and the worst thing none re exempt!
Is it my council house why you think you're the bees knees?
Maybe it's because I don't dress to impress anyone not worth impressing, or how I'm content with the little I have, it could just be my lethal tongue that spits venomous truths... Who knows? And even more to the point who cares?
Every time some snobby Christian leaves a whiff of arrogance an self righteousness lingering in my path God gives me the scripture about 'the stone the builders rejected has now become the chief cornerstone' yeah I know that scriptures talking about Jesus but in reference to my life to me it means everyone that's shunned an scorned me because I'm 'not like them' will eventually be kissing my dust. When I rise up by Gods will and not my own, I will then help the rest of the shunned and scorned I'm not trying to be a church woman! That's a title I can do without I'm striving to be 'a woman of God' and yes there is a big difference.
No one wants to hear the truth in fact no one even wants to speak it! One thing I sincerely and genuine give thanks for regularly is my distaste for lies, I can sniff a lie from a mile off and recently that's pretty much all I can smell lies, deceit and pityful excuses... No one wants to hear them, try being brutally honest at least with the truth you can hurt then heal, lies fester and let off rank smells!
I see those men and women in church who missed there calling because they were trying to please men. I see those people in church who try to hold people in the church so it livens up 'that church' but I refuse to miss my train and I will not be held down by anyone, because God promised to give me life more abundantly not just a blessed existence.
Imagine never feeling like you truly belong every where you go, knowing eventually you're going to have to leave! It gets annoying I can tell you.
People are like oh you moved again, or where you going now, what church you at now.... Roll my eyes!! I dunno what that's got to do with you but yeah, I can't be stuck in one place because stuck is exactly what it is.
I like to be free as soon as that changes I feel threatened almost like a bird that's been caged, you were once free to fly wherever you liked then someone saw the beauty of your freedom and captured it out of pure selfishness, instead of trying to fly too.
When people ask me why I wasn't in church or why didn't I go convention or this meeting or that conference I want to get all irate and ask them what it's got to do with them all they really had to say was I missed you, God forbid I should have a life outside if the church walls that might consist of a place to live and children to fend for. My gosh!!!! I could scream in the faces of every offensive person that so much as looks at me, but that wouldn't be manifestation of the fruits of the spirit instead I exercise kindness, self control, gentleness and patience.
Very hard when your blood pressures rising from your feet upwards, but through the grace of God it's possible, I haven't spontaneously punched anyone in the mouth in the last two years or more lol.
People offend me almost daily friends, family and even complete strangers for whatever reason in whatever circumstance it happens, but it's how you deal with it that matters!
Some times it's best to just ignore, sometimes say that's upset me, but don't necessarily expect an apology as long as you've done your part your conscience is clean.
As for me I'm still not inviting a lot of my family to my immediate family events such as birthdays, christenings, weddings, celebrations. If you don't share in my sorrow you don't share in my joy! My motto could well be wrong but that's how I see it now.
I feel offended when people that don't know what God does in my house talk about how I should raise my children, or how I should dress or who I can and can't talk to!
I get offended by the whole black church, white church thing! Aren't we all one in the eyes of The Lord?
I feel offended by the attitudes of some if the elders responses to the young people in the church nowadays, I mean really? Do they have any idea what young people face nowadays? In these perilous end times when the devils running the world amok, with all the influences we're told we 'need' to get by?
I'm offended by the clicks in church the groups of 'similar' people clumping together, truth be told I don't fit anywhere I'm too unique.
I'm offended with the term good Christian when, people walk or drive past homeless or struggling people with bags in a flash without a second glance, when the person in the queue ahead is short a few pound or pence and 'good Christians' can't spare that change!
Don't start me off.... Please don't tell me what Christlike is about, show me. The word of God says you will know them by their fruits, show me some good, healthy, righteous fruit! Faith without works is dead, as is works without love! God is a God of order, find the balance and do your part if you see a person struggling share their burden until they can manage alone, when Cain asked God if he was his brothers keeper he already knew the answer was Yes! Not his judge or his teacher, his keeper. You keep your brothers and sisters lifted, in spirit and in this life, try complimenting each other, noones the 'better Christian' stop tearing each other down, in all honesty what you say about others is a reflection into yourself.
Clear out your own home before you cast judgement on anyone else's, leave the offense to the footballers. We are all called to have one accord and be like minded, Christ minded! Bear that in mind before you open your mouth and offend another.
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