Vannah had a rough day. It was one of those days where she decided she needed to talk to a friend about a tough subject. Strengthening friendships takes guts some days, you know! Loving people is a wonderful thing and, most days, it gives us the most fantastic joys... but, sometimes real love takes on a completely different form that is just hard to express because sometimes truth hurts and we don't want to hurt the people we love or lose the relationship with have with them.
A lot of my Bible reading today was about speaking the truth in love. It dovetailed so beautifully with the trial Vannah relayed to me after she got home from school. I should never be surprised by the way God is able to prepare us for life, but it is still so awesome! His WORD gives us words of wisdom in the moments we need them and also prompts us to pray. I was thinking about the second part of that when I was reading some more scripture tonight and I realized it would have been really easy for me just to have a bad attitude toward the situation and person Vannah had a conversation with today, but the scripture I read helped me put that frustration into perspective and spend some time praying for the person and the relationship that Vannah has with her...and to thank God for the opportunity for Vannah to show love in a different form and to start to learn what it means to deeply love someone and to hold them accountable for their actions...that's tough for anyone to do.
(I'm Gonna) Love You With The Truth ~Casting Crowns
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUFB6a4DmsI
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