She listens

I've lost a few people in my life not just because of death, but as a result of friendships ending. It's been hard for me to accept and one of the questions that I've asked myself is "What did I do wrong?" After a while the Holy Spirit reminded me of a particular story in Genesis 13. This is the story of Abram and his nephew Lot.  The Hoogsteder exhibition of Dutch landscapes , by Paul Huys Janssen, Peter C. Sutton, Hoogsteder & Hoogsteder, 1991 It was in Genesis 13 that Lot and Abram's herdmen started to fight. This fight was not between the two masters, but their servants. Abram then made a suggestion to solve the problem that they were faced with.  "And Abram said unto Lot, let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren. Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou de

It's been an overwhelming week & my initial game plan was to just 'suck it up' and get through the week without crying, which actually worked for a while until something happened & I ended crying like a baby 😭. Well... that wasn't part of the plan at all. This made me realise a few things: ▪️ It's okay to cry. This is something that I'm still coming to terms with and what comforted me was the fact that even Jesus wept (John 11:35). Crying does not mean that you're weak. ▪️ If you don't deal with your emotions, then your emotions will deal with you. If I had dealt with those overwhelming emotions earlier on during the week then I wouldn't have broken down. ▪️ I am human & not a robot, which means that there will be things that make me sad at times; things that are sometimes beyond my control and even then my trust must be in Jesus. ▪️There is nothing that I cannot overcome. One of my favorite verses, Philippians 4:13 says "I ca