Will I Ever Learn (Extra)

Lunch hour confession is good for the soul, so I’m being good to my soul today !

I told you, every time I blog about something I am tested in that very area.  This is a perfect time to share with you an “ALMOST” catastrophe !   A simple conversation could have ended very badly, lucky for me, it didn’t.

Last night, my  friend began her story with

“I’m not happy about what the Lord is telling me  to do.  He’s saying _____ _____.”

And she continued to talk.  I was driving and kept asking her questions because I was not comprehending alot of what she was saying.  Then my questions began to turn the conversation until it was evident that I disagreed with her.  When I realized I disagreed with her about the Lord saying something like that I tried to be quiet.  “Oh, this is tomorrow’s blog I so need to be quiet here.”  I even put my hand over my mouth once – it did not work.  Then I turned to “Well, let me say that you should pray and just be sure it was Him that told you that.”  I just could not be quiet.

Then she mentioned that she had read the entire book of Job that morning and now she knew why.  Job had 4 friends that had opinions about the mess he was in and they freely gave him their opinions, each friend believing they were right, they were all wrong !

OUCH.

I took a moment, a deep breath and then repented to her. I asked her forgiveness, I told her that no matter what I thought it was not my place to tell her and also not my place to get in the middle of whatever she felt God had told her to do.  It was not my place to agree or disagree.

This opened the door for her to share details of a Bible Study she is studying and how when Moses died the people mourned for him 23 days longer than their appointed time and then Joshua took over and just said – come on, pack it up it’s time to get to the promise land !!!  They had to cross the Jordan River and just like the Red Sea there was no way across.  This test of faith was different in the fact that Joshua told the men carrying the Ark of the Covenant to step in and go;  where as in the past the Lord had opened the sea and they walked on dry land this time it was a raging river.  No one knew the Lord had formed a dam upstream far enough that THEY COULD NOT SEE IT.  It was blind faith to cross that river.  Joshua was not afraid – he was a “JUST DO IT” kind of man.

I am not a “just do it” kind of girl. I have many insecurities that I make sure God is aware of in order for Him to accurately lead me.  The New Testament (James) calls this double mindedness. I call it fear. I could not understand what God was telling my friend because it created fear in me.

Ok – enough rambling. What is the point of this extra blog.

#1

Be careful which friends you talk to about what the Lord is doing in your life.  Most will not understand and could confuse you to the point of disobedience !  BE CAREFUL WHO YOU TALK TO.

#2

If you can’t listen without interjecting – please try to be honest and bow out gracefully before you cause problems or an argument.  After repenting to my friend she started talking about it again just to make sure I understood her – I politely told her that I understood her but disagreed with her and asked if we could just agree to disagree because I was not going to agree with her but did not want to mess up God’s plan in her life.