| | Letting Others Make MistakesWow...it's been a long time since I posted. I've been swamped with my new job. I miss writing.
At the Last Supper, Jesus was well aware that Judas was going to betray him. Judas had a choice of what he would do, but Jesus would do nothing to interfere with his choice.
I mean, Jesus could, within his power, have told Judas, "Don't do this." Instead, he just allowed Judas to make his mistake. Although Jesus was hurt by his betrayal (or was he?), he knew that this was all part of God's plan.
How many of us see someone deliberately doing something they know will hurt them? Do we tell them, "Don't do this, you'll wind up hurting yourself!"
I know I do. Perhaps it's the 'mother hen' in me.
But then again, I don't know what God has in mind.
It's tough to watch someone get hurt over and over again, especially when it's you they dump on when they do get hurt.
But you sometimes have to allow people to make their choices, no matter how much you want to tell them that it's probably not the wisest. But it is their choice, and they will choose it over and over again until they learn from their mistakes and their pain.
We also have to look within ourselves with this situation and ask God what it is WE need to learn about ourselves from it.
Once we see what lesson WE need to learn, it's sometimes necessary to just shrug, shake our heads, and leave people to their own mistakes...and maybe say a prayer that THIS time, they will learn from it. |
| | Posted 10/18/2007 12:03 PM - 1 comments
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