I had been struggling for 3 years with
resentment and un-forgiveness in my heart towards my sister-in-law.
One day during a quiet time with the Lord, I
felt the urge to write her a letter explaining my feelings of hurt to her. She
wrote back and we made a date to talk.
About a week before our conversation, the
church ladies in our me2 group met. We had to read a certain part of a book
before that meeting. While reading, the Holy Spirit convicted me about my pride
and selfishness, especially in regard to my sister-in-law. He reminded me as
well that I had a plank in my own eye and was trying to take a sliver out of
her eye.
The ladies listened to me and prayed with me
for healing in this relationship and suggested that I wash my sister-in-law's
feet. The only thing I had to lose was my pride.
They all prayed for me on the day of the
confrontational talk. The talk itself was difficult, and it seemed like we
couldn't understand each other very well. Only at the end, when I asked to wash
her feet and explain what God had done in my heart did she come over to me,
throw her arms around me and also apologized. God did something in our relationship
that we couldn't do.
I'm so blessed to have such an amazing group
of ladies at the me2 who pray and encourage me to live the way God is calling
me to!
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