Yesterday I attended my first Soul Sunday. I said I would write
more about the experience and what I learned.
I have been struggling with feelings toward a particular person. I
would not call this person an enemy, but he has certainly mistreated me over
the years and I am not yet over it. In fact I’m only beginning to really look
at it. The emotions can be so overwhelming that part of me wants to try and get
even. My neighbor said, "Send him a copy of your book after you're rich
and famous and write inside the cover: 'With no help from you.' " Part of
me wanted to do just that. Another part didn't.
Sometimes I wonder if this means I am weak.
The theme of Pastor Davis's sermon was "Learn to do good for
those who do evil."
Pastor Davis’s sermon opened with a story about a woman
named Dianne Hoffmeyer. She was getting a cup of coffee when two other
women in line began to mock her.
"Her hair is nasty."
"She is a whale."
Dianne has recently lost over a hundred and seventy pounds. She
could have easily turned around and told these women those numbers and where to
go. She could have told them how cruel it is to put down people we don't even
know.
Dianne responded by looking at these women, in line for cups of
coffee, and saying to the clerk, “Put their drinks . . . on my tab.”
What a way to approach a situation. This is hitting some deep
emotions and even deeper realizations for me. Thank you, Pastor Davis and Dianne Hoffmeyer, for
reminding me who I am.
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