We are ALL a Little Crazy
The older I get, the more situations I come into contact with that make me realize everyone is a little crazy. Me too! It is just easier to observe one another's crazy because that is the area WE seem to think we are sane in.
Last year we went to a church function and during one evening, we went to the 'hang out room' where a parent was complaining about his teenager. I commiserated that I too had a teenager who was going through the 'teenage angst' period of disrespect. He responded that he believed that my problem had nothing to do with her being a teenager and everything to do with what I NAMED her at birth. Yes, he informed me that my problems were all related to my daughter having the heathen name "Cheyanne". After all, what did I expect when I named her that? It floored me. I just had nothing to say to that and got up and left the room. I think my daughter's name is beautiful and quite frankly has nothing to do with the fact that at times she acts like a typical teenage girl. I think the fact that she IS a typical teenage girl contributes to her acting like one. Duh!
Another day I was talking to someone who has repeatedly informed me that I make "everyone" uncomfortable. When he gave me specifics about who I apparently made uncomfortable, I wrote to the person and asked their forgiveness for having made them uncomfortable. The person informed me they didn't know what I was talking about and had never said it. Then I get an email from the original person saying, "How dare you bring others into our argument." Ummm, I didn't. YOU did when you said that I make THEM uncomfortable and that is why they would't come to your house. Had YOU not lied, they would not have been involved because I would have had no reason to apologize to them for what I thought I had done. Interestingly enough, NOT the first time he said it about me, but it was ALSO said about someone else in the family at another time with regard to the same people. I just wasn't mature enough to call anyone on it at the original times.
Another person informed me that the peace symbol is a satanic symbol... (upside down pitchfork) and should never be worn in church. Amazing that they believe the PRINCE of PEACE would take issue with a symbol that means...peace. Especially since I've been told by others that an upside down CROSS is satanic also. You'd think if it was upside down that turned the pitchfork around that would make it good like the cross was made a bad symbol maybe? Who knows?
Someone else thinks that abuse is a form of 'love' that should be tolerated...while at the same time starting the abuse in the first place by chasing around and hitting the spouse, then self righteously telling everyone what the OTHER did, without pointing out what the first one did to start it. Ummm, you might not be thrown backward or held down or called names if you weren't hitting and calling names first? I know, this must be where I'm crazy for thinking such a thing.
I just decided that everyone has at least a 'little' bit of crazy. We all think we are intelligent, but the fact is that all of us have blind spots within our respective crazies that make us leave WISDOM behind. When we compare our human tradition rules to God's sensible rules, I see that we all have a little crazy in us. I guess that is why God wanted us to have grace for one another...forgive others AS WE WISH to be forgiven: Because ALL of us have a little crazy in us that causes us to need forgiveness for one another and for things which we want to be forgiven. Before we self righteously condemn someone else to the nuthouse for not following OUR rules, perhaps we need to take a good, long, hard look in the mirror and reflect upon our OWN crazy in relation to God's rules.
God bless
Last year we went to a church function and during one evening, we went to the 'hang out room' where a parent was complaining about his teenager. I commiserated that I too had a teenager who was going through the 'teenage angst' period of disrespect. He responded that he believed that my problem had nothing to do with her being a teenager and everything to do with what I NAMED her at birth. Yes, he informed me that my problems were all related to my daughter having the heathen name "Cheyanne". After all, what did I expect when I named her that? It floored me. I just had nothing to say to that and got up and left the room. I think my daughter's name is beautiful and quite frankly has nothing to do with the fact that at times she acts like a typical teenage girl. I think the fact that she IS a typical teenage girl contributes to her acting like one. Duh!
Another day I was talking to someone who has repeatedly informed me that I make "everyone" uncomfortable. When he gave me specifics about who I apparently made uncomfortable, I wrote to the person and asked their forgiveness for having made them uncomfortable. The person informed me they didn't know what I was talking about and had never said it. Then I get an email from the original person saying, "How dare you bring others into our argument." Ummm, I didn't. YOU did when you said that I make THEM uncomfortable and that is why they would't come to your house. Had YOU not lied, they would not have been involved because I would have had no reason to apologize to them for what I thought I had done. Interestingly enough, NOT the first time he said it about me, but it was ALSO said about someone else in the family at another time with regard to the same people. I just wasn't mature enough to call anyone on it at the original times.
Another person informed me that the peace symbol is a satanic symbol... (upside down pitchfork) and should never be worn in church. Amazing that they believe the PRINCE of PEACE would take issue with a symbol that means...peace. Especially since I've been told by others that an upside down CROSS is satanic also. You'd think if it was upside down that turned the pitchfork around that would make it good like the cross was made a bad symbol maybe? Who knows?
Someone else thinks that abuse is a form of 'love' that should be tolerated...while at the same time starting the abuse in the first place by chasing around and hitting the spouse, then self righteously telling everyone what the OTHER did, without pointing out what the first one did to start it. Ummm, you might not be thrown backward or held down or called names if you weren't hitting and calling names first? I know, this must be where I'm crazy for thinking such a thing.
I just decided that everyone has at least a 'little' bit of crazy. We all think we are intelligent, but the fact is that all of us have blind spots within our respective crazies that make us leave WISDOM behind. When we compare our human tradition rules to God's sensible rules, I see that we all have a little crazy in us. I guess that is why God wanted us to have grace for one another...forgive others AS WE WISH to be forgiven: Because ALL of us have a little crazy in us that causes us to need forgiveness for one another and for things which we want to be forgiven. Before we self righteously condemn someone else to the nuthouse for not following OUR rules, perhaps we need to take a good, long, hard look in the mirror and reflect upon our OWN crazy in relation to God's rules.
God bless
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