Pray. He will answer. Every. Single. Time.

Yesterday I posted that my church received very devastating new. News that left me feeling saddened for a family, and worried about how the world at large would view God. This morning I woke up to my Pastor’s face all over the news. Which saddens me. Because while my Pastor may have been the person who made the wrong choice, it will be the reputation of God that takes the fall. My heart has been heavy all day because I want people to understand that Bob is just a man, but God is God. One does not reflect the other.  My Monday post for work reflects my heart. So I decided to once again share my Monday email for coworkers as my post for today. Please keep my Pastor and my church in prayer.

I have had a rough weekend. I received some devastating news about someone I loved, trusted, and learned a lot from. The news left me thinking “who can be trusted?” Some weeks prior to this weekend I had a conversation with a trusted mentor. We were talking about life, about relationships, and about forgiveness. In the midst of conversation she said this, “Forgiveness is given, it is NOT earned. It’s a choice on the part of the giver that no matter what you will continue to forgive.” Wondering how all of this relates to a work day/week? On any given day, at any given moment someone will disappoint you. Will hurt you. Forgiveness at that moment becomes your (our) choice. We can either extend it, or withhold it. Extending it gives us the opportunity to heal, to move forward and repair what was broken. Withholding leaves us holding on to an open wound that will never be healed because we refuse to apply the medicine. So, today to those around you extend a little grace, don’t hold a grudge. Forgive and move on. As always your perspective determines your day, your week. Make it AMAZING! Happy Monday!!!

“All of us, like sheep, have strayed away. We have left God’s paths to follow our own. Yet the LORD laid on him the sins of us all” (Isaiah 53:6).

So what’s my plan of attack? Forgive and heal.