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dadslilpea

Of encouragement and grief

Jan 23, 2007 20:16

I shared something with my parents today. I felt the need to email them and Andrew about my personal quiet times and struggles with them as well as encouragement that I've found through sermons online by Ravi Zacharias. I shared my heart as best I could and I sent the same email to both my parents and Andrew with a paragraph specifically writen for ( Read more... )

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glory_maru January 24 2007, 03:14:53 UTC

I guess at this time in your life, your dad and Andrew are going to have some issues talking to each other just because their positions in your life are changing. They both want to be the main man in your life, secure their position in your future.

And now that I, your younger peer, have addressed this issue with all my wisdom and infinite intellect on the subject of men and growth (knowing little to nothing of either), I hope you won't let it stop you from sharing these things with your family in the future. It may seem to have done more harm that good, but I know God can use that as a stepping stone to that new relationship you want.

So take time, wrap it in prayer, add a dollop of patience and love, look at some pictures of you when you were two, and help your parents see beyond the daughter to the sister.