Sunday, October 31, 2004

Letting people down. It's something I have a hard time doing. There are certain people in my life that I hate disappointing and that isn't necessarily bad thing, but sometimes I know I should say or do something and I don't because I don't want to rock the boat and risk their displeasure. God has put it on my heart that I have to talk to my mom about how I got baptized (I conveniently left that out when I talked to her last time I was home). I don't want to hide that from anyone because I am proud of who I am in Christ and I know I have to tell my mother and I know she is going to take it as a personal affront to her. There are certain view points that have changed since I have come to God and it's not because someone came up to me and said "this is how you should feel about this because we all do." When I gave my life to Christ, I felt things changing in me and God has given me a sense of what He agrees with and what He doesn't. I refrain from talking about certain things because I know some people won't like the opinions I now have. I don't think negatively of anyone but I do think differently about things. I still don't believe in forcing my opinion on anyone but I do feel like there are times when things are brought up in conversation or I'm asked about things and I don't say what I really now feel. It doesn't happen that often, I am upfront about who I am, but when it does happen it bothers me. I'm not going to force anything, just let God continue to work on me and see where it goes from there. It's a flaw, a weakness and I acknowledge that I need God to work on changing it.

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