We’ve probably all seen it, a power struggle.
Nothing divides people more than a power struggle. In the
last week, I have witnessed them, even been a part of one. And the one I was involved in I thought to
myself “why are you being so darn stubborn – just do it like she said, it won’t
hurt anything”
I witnessed one the other day and I thought “this is
uncomfortable”
I thought about how many times I would stand my ground on
the dumbest things, just to be right (and when I was I wasn’t very quiet about
it). I don’t usually stand my ground
unless I’m pretty confident that I’m right.
It’s a pride thing. A total terrible
pride thing.
That being said, I am working on it, a lot of hard work, a
lot of submitting.
One thing I realized from my own experience, when someone is
trying to be big (and right) they don’t treat people very kind. And when they say “I love you” soon after it,
I sometimes think (not very grace-givingly) “do you really?”
And it saddens me to think that others may think about
me. Ugh. Fail.
I strive to produce and give away the Fruit of the Spirit
Love, Joy, Peace, patience, Goodness, Kindness, Gentleness,
and Self Control
Nothing about a power struggle is those things.
I do think that sometimes we need to stand our ground for
things like Social Injustice, taking care of others (and ourselves) but when we
are fighting about something dumb, then I think I need to step back and HUMBLY
submit.
I am learning to walk away from things like this, sometimes
it takes me a long time to walk away, but I’m learning.
Be Humble
Be Kind
Choose battles worth engaging in
But for all that is true, love above all
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