Amen.
When I was a girl (growing up in my parents home) I felt extremely vulnerable. My home lacked peace, predictability and the freedom/ability to verbalize fears/ideas contrary to my parents rule. We were invited to leave any time we did not adhere to "the way things were done here". Too, I grew up in an age where "you did not air out dirty laundry"! I was weak. I learned not to have an opinion. I learned to do as I was told. I learned to submit.
Interestingly, it wasn't until my boyfriend (now husband) came along, when I was a junior in high school, that I noticed "improved thinking" within my home. Hmmm ... Not a surprise, I became comfortable when with my "boyfriend" as he became a force for the good within our home and personal protection for me.
Today, I am still weak and needy though the "forces around me" have changed. I believe we all are "incomplete" (greatly vulnerable) until the moment of our "completion" ... union with God.
Until then, we are to love each other deeply ... since we are all in the same boat while here on earth.
You, I love.
Again, amen.
On Apr 5, 2016 me wrote :
Amen.
When I was a girl (growing up in my parents home) I felt extremely vulnerable. My home lacked peace, predictability and the freedom/ability to verbalize fears/ideas contrary to my parents rule. We were invited to leave any time we did not adhere to "the way things were done here". Too, I grew up in an age where "you did not air out dirty laundry"! I was weak. I learned not to have an opinion. I learned to do as I was told. I learned to submit.
Interestingly, it wasn't until my boyfriend (now husband) came along, when I was a junior in high school, that I noticed "improved thinking" within my home. Hmmm ... Not a surprise, I became comfortable when with my "boyfriend" as he became a force for the good within our home and personal protection for me.
Today, I am still weak and needy though the "forces around me" have changed. I believe we all are "incomplete" (greatly vulnerable) until the moment of our "completion" ... union with God.
Until then, we are to love each other deeply ... since we are all in the same boat while here on earth.
You, I love.
Again, amen.