01 March 2013

Exploring Hate--Day 3

You are angry.

Your wrath has plenty of rightful targets on your ex- this or that (friend, co-worker, spouse).

That's as it should be, except for that predicament wrought by pesky Jesus.

He says there is a next place to be, a place that reunites that which was severed into a new mold, shaped by forgiveness and God's originality. It will look and feel different than what was there before.

I live in a small town. My previous hairdresser, recently retired, is my ex-sister-in-law. Now I delight in my monthly visit with her daughters...my ex-nieces. I expect of myself an embrace that includes any relationship that once exes are willing to help forge.

It takes work to rebuild and seems to require a special foreman--the Holy Spirit.

Don't think you must rehash a past that is buried and gone. But do consider God's invitation to reshape fragile, broken threads into a spiritually woven, new and tender future for you and your ex-relationships.

That way past love doesn't turn acidic. It alkalizes into new space and peace.

There will be a right time.

Let Jesus be His pesky self and carry you there.

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