QOD - Monday

My surgeon has a Yahoo group and I daily write a Question. I thought I'd share with you all this morning. I'd love to hear your answers. Good Morning - Boy I love my weekends but the structure of the week is a discipline I need. Have done all the things you need to to have a successful day. I hope you have and you are ready to face one of your best days yet. I have to tell you about yesterday. I told y'all that I agreed to foster another beagle - I've fostered before - but not when we already had 3 dogs. This was a special case though so I agreed. He started his journey in Sante Fe. NM and we picked him up in Abilene yesterday. Well - if you need to go to Abilene anyway - go to the zoo. It was a perfect day for it - a little windy but nice and warm. We had a great time. You can actually feed the animals there. They have a walkway over the giraffes. We were hand feeding them - that long tounge - yuck. Kathryn was petting them on the nose. Then we ate lunch, went to the mall - well honey now I am in my element. Clearance sales everywhere! I bought 8 pieces of clothing at Sears for 55 dollars (included tax) and some were like shorts from last season and capri's which was nice because I currently have none that I could wear. Then at Aero - my son's fav. I got him... 2 long sleeve t-shirts and 3 hoodies again about 50 dollars. Gap - I found pants for me for 6 bucks! Then a store called Steve and Barry - I had never heard of it but everything in there was 8.97 - I bought Jeans for Trey, Kathryn, shorts for Trey - a denim jacket. That is cheaper than Wal Mart. Then we get to mee Boo Boo - the new foster dog. He is a sweety!! I don't think there will be a problem getting him adopted at all. He took right to my other dogs, the kids, the cat. Loves to play. Well mannered - better than my dogs - he won't jump on you - when you start to pet him he sits - I gotta teach my dogs that. Anyway great weekend. Ok - now that I have bored you with my exploits you are thinking "Is there a QOD in there?" No there is not. You will have to read on. QOD: Can you forgive yourself? I've been listening to a song - sorry it is a compilation CD and I have no idea the name or artist but if you are all that interested I'll look it up. But the song talks about after all the things I"ve done, I've dragged You name through the mud time and time again. Will you still run to me and wrap me in your arms. Will you still call me son? Guess what -- You got it God is thrilled to see him. God forgives me everytime. I ask - but he forgives and forgets. He doesn't sit up there and think but yesterday Trudy you ate... or you thought... No he love me no matter what. I'm humbled. If you can't envision it think about the love you have for your kids - it is imperfect but you love them no matter what. Know think of God's love for you his perfect love. It overwhelms me. If God can forgive me then I must be able to forgive myself. I know that he doesn't want me to wallow in the sin or in the self destructive pain of reliving my indescresion over and over. He wants me to forgive and forget. He erases it totally! It is all gone - unless I drag it up. I need to learn from it sure - but then move on and live life so that others can tell I am loved. Sorry guys - got a little spiritual today - happens sometimes! How about you? Can you forgive yourself? Love ya, Trudy

Oh, good topic! I am very intelligent, well-educated, and confident, but I still sometimes have obsessive thoughts about all that I've done wrong or all of the times that I could have responded better than I did. It is hard to forgive myself! I struggle with this issue a lot! Thanks for bringing this up. I think I needed to hear it. Wanda

http://www.theinterviewwithgod.com/ take the time to watch this - IT IS SO WORTH IT! ENJOY... AS FOR ME i AM WORKING ON forgivness / me ... HUGS, Bitt

This one hits home with me. I am working very hard to treat myself better and this includes forgiveness for self inflicted harm/pain. All i can say is that I am still a work in progress. Everyday I need reminders. The golden rule should be revised. Do unto yourself no more or less than we would do unto others. What do you think? Valorie