Comments on: Its Personal http://www.thegracepost.com/2010/07/19/its-personal/ Sat, 24 Sep 2011 17:36:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Grace Santoso http://www.thegracepost.com/2010/07/19/its-personal/comment-page-1/#comment-1350 Grace Santoso Wed, 15 Dec 2010 06:48:56 +0000 http://www.thegracepost.com/?p=470#comment-1350 Thank you. this article inspire me a lot. Thank you.
this article inspire me a lot.

]]> By: Tania Z http://www.thegracepost.com/2010/07/19/its-personal/comment-page-1/#comment-1111 Tania Z Mon, 02 Aug 2010 18:52:54 +0000 http://www.thegracepost.com/?p=470#comment-1111 I think about this perspective quite often. The fact that I do things maybe without intention, but they MUST hurt God. "That which I don't want to do, I end up doing" again and again. The apostle Paul dealt with this and so do I. Many times remembering this helps me not to "take personally" what my kids say and do because it does "offends" me. It shouldn't but it does offend me. Unfortunately, the thought that tones me down comes in a little too late or shall we say - comes after my reaction to them. Remember the story of the man that owed that huge sum of money and yet he debt was forgiven? Then he walks home and runs into someone who owed him money (a far lesser amount) but yet he did not forgive the debt and went af far as to beginning to strangle the debtor. (Sorry for my lack of specifics, but hope the gist is there.) Well, I think sometimes we do this subconsiouly to our kids. God has forgiven us for a HUGE amount of sins. God forgives us AND loves us AND remains patient with us. As moms, our patience is tested with our kids but we have to forgive, forgive, and forgive, and ask God to help us (daily) not take it personally. I think about this perspective quite often. The fact that I do things maybe without intention, but they MUST hurt God. “That which I don’t want to do, I end up doing” again and again. The apostle Paul dealt with this and so do I. Many times remembering this helps me not to “take personally” what my kids say and do because it does “offends” me. It shouldn’t but it does offend me. Unfortunately, the thought that tones me down comes in a little too late or shall we say – comes after my reaction to them.

Remember the story of the man that owed that huge sum of money and yet he debt was forgiven? Then he walks home and runs into someone who owed him money (a far lesser amount) but yet he did not forgive the debt and went af far as to beginning to strangle the debtor. (Sorry for my lack of specifics, but hope the gist is there.) Well, I think sometimes we do this subconsiouly to our kids. God has forgiven us for a HUGE amount of sins. God forgives us AND loves us AND remains patient with us. As moms, our patience is tested with our kids but we have to forgive, forgive, and forgive, and ask God to help us (daily) not take it personally.

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