”He heals the wounds of every shattered heart.“
Psalms 147:3 TPT
Hey my lovelies today is reflection Friday . I want us to reflect on the memories we have of the loved ones we lost. Last night I was talking to my Mom and I started thinking about my Dad , I thought of how I actually learnt a lot from him , Particularly, loving God and expressing my love to people. I can tell you I love you 50 times a day LOL! See, instead of trying to scratch a healed wound [that’s what most of us do] I decided to focus on what lessons the person came to teach me. I remembered my cousin who died in a fire in school and I thought oh wow he was so good at cards and school, competitive spirit, I can learn that! What lessons have you learnt from your departed loved one that can impact you positively? Can we focus on that? Here’s why l want us to look at it like that… Look at the photo below
Your life Vs God’s desire for you
The mirror is the word of God . On one side there you are, broken, almost destroyed, not looking good or desirable, your life has no colour because with every loss , life was taking a bite of & off you. Literally looking like the apple after Adam and Eve had dinner. You have lost your skin, what and who was supposed to protect you and the teeth have dug deep, you’re about to lose your seeds , your very heart why? Because you were cut off from the tree which can be your late mother, father, siblings ,etc who fed you with something you can’t seem to live without. Their presence sponsored your well being. Now that the tree has returned to dust, the apple has become a sore-sad-sight. But on the other side of the mirror is God’s desire for you, how He wishes you were. A whole apple. Fresh. Beautiful. No scratch or bite. Your seeds (heart) protected, not connected to the branch (physically- your late loved ones) but connected to Christ (spiritually) meaning I’m living a wholesome life even disconnected with my late loved ones because Christ has come to make me whole. The only thing to do is take lessons from their lives but we cannot continue to carry the dead in us to the point where we cannot do anything or become anything!
Many are depressed because of this and I understand. The pain is too great sometimes that you even get panic attacks looking at their photos, every thought bites you and when you look at yourself you see a broken apple, good for nothing because those who made us feel good for something have fallen asleep. Think of it.. Don’t you want to live again? Take yourself out of the grave you entered with your mother, your friend. Get out of there. Mary and Martha were not buried with Lazarus! Mary was not buried with her son, Jesus, nomatter how much she loved Him! So even love is not a reason to grieve for them forever. We cannot take each other to either side of realms. You choosing to stay with the dead in the grave is a disruption to your purpose. Your life must go on. Come out of the grave, the living should not be buried. We will talk about the negativities of grieving forever next-week. Today just reflect, positively. What lessons can you take from them to improve your life ? What bad choices did they make that you should be careful to not make? I just remembered, my father worked his body to the point it started fighting him, I will learn from that and do better , my father also taught me, being a good parent sometimes means giving your children hugs every now and then.. see? Every bad situation can be turned around for good..
See you on Monday! I love you! God loves you! ❤️
2 replies on “Who is in the mirror?”
My gogo taught me the importance of quality time🕊️♥️
My late grandmother taught me how to love and care for everyone regardless of their financiall standing. Not only through words but through action.