Reflection...

So today I was at church and I saw someone and it stirred something up inside me. I don't see this person often and typically I say hi and that's about it. Today I spoke briefly to him and a flood of emotions came rushing inside. You see when I first accepted Christ this person was an influential person in my life and one day they just decided they didn't want to talk to me or be there for me or frankly even be my friend. So, today when this person talked to me like none of this ever happened it made me feel a little hurt like I did some almost five years ago. You see when this happened some years ago I began to view Christians the same as Non-Christians. I left a pretty difficult past with tons of people hurting me and then I went into the church and began to be hurt by people who claimed to love Jesus.

It was interesting that after talking to this former friend the pastor referenced who we need to be focused on Jesus, not other Christians. That if we try to be like other Christians we are only going to be let down because Christian or Non-Christian we are all human and no one is perfect. Made me realize that regardless of who the person is in my life, I could very well be let down by them (just as I could let down others), thus I need to fix my eyes upon Jesus and Him alone. Hopefully now I can let go of that past situation and move on and love that person regardless of how hurt I felt at the time.