Thank you for joining me today. I hope you all have had a good week so far. I am looking forward to sleeping in tomorrow! haha! Today I want to give you all an update of sorts on the video I posted on The Adela Told Me...Blog Group on Facebook. If you are not a member of that group Click here to join, then you have no idea what I am talking about so I will give you a nutshell version: I decided that it was time to sever ties with a person in my life. This person made choices in their life and they were going down a road that I wanted no parts of. I felt so trapped by the situation that I had to get myself out of it. So for the time being, I have removed myself from the situation and that is that! (and no, I am not talking about Mr. Adela Told Me!)
So that is the end of it. I'm no longer talking to this person, ok bye!
I wish it were that easy! However, We Christian's know that being a Christian doesn't let you off the hook that easily. No matter how much we try to wash our hands of a situation, that just doesn't happen! Therefore, it doesn't stop there. I knew before I made this decision that it wasn't going to be easy. Sure it is easier in the way that I no longer have that black cloud floating over my head from dealing with this person. I'm no longer frustrated by giving endless advice that was going in one ear and out the other. I'm no longer being treated poorly. I think you get the idea... my life is now back to it's happy and peaceful state. I am able to once again focus on my relationship with the Lord and without being distracted by the devil and his games. Here comes the curve ball... About 2 weeks ago I was going through my planner and I realized that this persons birthday was coming up. For a split second I got a major attitude and said to myself "I'm not putting their birthday in my planner!" (MAJOR EYE ROLL) Right then and there, God gave me a reality check! He said "Adela!" Much like my Mom would say to me when I was younger. Yikes! I have to tell you, I started crying because I knew I had let Him down. I got myself together and sat there, with my pen in my hand, and I started to pray. I told Him that I was sorry for that outburst and that I knew that me acting this way was not going to help the situation at all. I said God if there is something that I need to do for this person then show me! If there is anything that I can do differently, show me! Tell me what I need to do! Then as clear as anything I have ever heard before... He said "You Follow Me". I know the reason He said that is because I need to continue to follow Him and leave this situation in His hands. I feel like so often we want to be the one to fix something, we want to be the one in control. No matter what I want to do I need to remember that HE IS IN CONTROL. I can't do what He can do no matter how much I try! If I stay focused on my relationship with Him and let Him worry about that person, that is what is best for this situation.
When I posted the video on the group I received so many comments from you and I realized that I am not alone in this. Some of you have been through a similar situation and know exactly what I am talking about. I hope this inspires you not to have bad feelings towards a person you had to walk away from but to love them instead, even if it's from afar. After all, I could never love that person more than God does. I could never fill the void in their life that only He can fill. So I will continue to pray for them, I will continue to be faithful to the Lord, because He is ALWAYS faithful to me. Though I do not know what will happen in the future, I do know that if I am diligent in serving the Lord that there will be a great ending to all of this.
I am going to end this here. I hope that you all enjoyed this post. Please feel free to comment with your thoughts, I love hearing from you.
Have a great weekend and I will see you back on Monday.
Until next time...
Xoxo,
Adela
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