Just some personal thoughts

Sunday was Father's Day and I woke up feeling a bit sad and not sure why. It wasn't until later in the morning when Leo mentioned taking his dad a card that I realized what was wrong. I wanted my father back just long enough to tell him one more time how much I loved him and that no matter what had happened in our lives, he was still my father and I had forgiven him for everything. I'm not sure how I can forgive the way I do but I know it has to be a God thing. I have gone through some things in life that would or could have made me a very bitter person BUT GOD's grace and His mercy have allowed me to forgive those that have hurt me physically and mentally. I cannot go into detail about my life as a child but it was not a happy one at times. And then when I married Wesley I had a whole new set of problems to deal with. Don't get me wrong, I loved my husband and I stood by him till the very end but I had turned into a very unhappy and lonely woman. God had to heal me again but I learned that we have to allow Him to heal our hearts and minds. I miss these two men who I loved so deeply and yet who taught me some very hard lessons about life. I can look back now and I realize that I have become a stronger woman and a woman who has learned the secret to inner peace and contentment. But it has only been because of my relationship with the Lord.

I guess I can conclude by saying that many of us have things in our lives that are tucked away in a secret place and those things can make us bitter or better - depending on what we do with them. I know first hand that we can forgive ANYTHING and that our past does not have to predict our future. I thank God for where I am today and for who I am.

Be Blessed,
Debbie

Love you DebbieDoo and thinking of you   

Debbie - I love you so.  I had issues and they still creep up once in a while.  I was very bitter about some things to do with my mother growing up and I asked the Lord to replace that bitterness with love.  Now there are times that the bitterness wants to ease its way back in, but thank God, He puts love in my heart and the bitterness has to go.  I love you and you are such a blessing to me.  I thank God for you and for what you mean to me.