Day 17

Good morning sorry for not posting yesterday. Yesterday was a good day and a bad day for me.


Yesterday was communion Sunday, When I went to church my pastor talked about communion. I don’t know how many of us take communion at Church. I have just started, but I don’t always take it. My pastor asked, what is the first thing you think of before you take communion. The first thing I thought of is my heart pure. It was funny because he then went on to preach about the meaning and significance of communion. Paul say in 1 Corinthians 27-32:

Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty concerning the body and blood of the Lord. 28 Let a person examine himself, then, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup. 29 For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body eats and drinks judgment on himself. 30 That is why many of you are weak and ill, and some have died. 31 But if we judged ourselves truly, we would not be judged. 32 But when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so that we may not be condemned along with the world.

So how many of us take communion as a ritual without thinking about the consequences.

I knew from the day before that I still had forgiveness in my heart and bitterness towards the OW and h. Mostly the OW but I also knew I wasn’t feeling unconditional Love for my H. It felt more like a duty. Don’t get me wrong, I have asked for forgiveness and been trying to forgive so much.

But I knew I hadn’t yet. Have you all totally forgiven your Spouse, the other person, your family, friend co-workers etc., or anyone involved in this situation completely? I thought I had but I am learning I have to ask daily constantly and repeatedly for it over and over, especially every time they do something wrong to me or hurt me again.

In actuality they are not hurting my feelings, I am allowing them access to my feelings. In other words I am in control of how I feel or react to what they do. Yes when the OW texts me I ignore it, but I also get angry and vent and then pride, (yes pride) comes up and I vent to say who she thinks she is and then go on to say well she thinks she has him yeah well we……….

That is pride. Remember when we discussed pride and how sneaky it is. The enemy uses it in so many ways, which is why there are so many teaching about pride. Pride manifest its self in so many ways. One way for me is comparing myself to the OW. Yes at most times it is humbling that my h is with her, but then when he is with me it creeps up, yeah she thinks she has him, or if only she knew. When we start thinking about the OP in any other way except in prayer and edification to lift them up to the Lord that too is pride. We are better off not letting them into our minds. When we start trying to get into their heads, like hmmm they don’t have this that or the other about our spouse, or comparing us to them i.e. well they don’t go around the family, he don’t go this place or that place with them. That is all pride.

As I have said before pride goes before fall, because when we have pride we get hurt much more easily. When our spouse does do what we have said in our mind they don’t do with the op or compare what they are doing with them to what they did with us it is a swift kick in our gut.

Pride is one of those sins we have to be on guard for because it can manifest its self in so many different ways, and it carries on into our lives in other areas as well. It is easy for it to sneak in, when we allow or friend or family to speak bad about the OP. That is pride sneaking its baby toe in the door waiting to see how much more you are going to allow.

So today let us think about the different ways pride rears its ugly head around us. In any area of our lives. Someone may tell you, you are so strong with what you are going through and standing for your marriage. Or they may say wow you are so intelligent, or you did a really good job raising your children etc. I am not say don’t accept the complement but don’t let it go to your head. We all know the only way we are able to do any of this is through the grace of the Lord and he deserves all of the credit. So today let’s examine ourselves for any pride and ask God to help us remove it from our lives.

Have a great day today. I will post again tonight for todays post. Again sorry for not posting yesterday.
Anthonette.
List of names and marriages

• Joe and Cindy Frank
  
• Tina and Michael Nadama
  
• Karen and Tim Davis
  
• Anthonette And Rudolph Simons and Family
  
• Kevin and Nancy Owens
  
• Marriage Covenant Ministries
  
• Wobanda Felly
  
• Gary Mayfeild
  
• Lori And Darryl Vartabedian
  
• Debroah and Sonny Woods
  
• Judy Hite
  
• Richard Willis
  
• Shawn and Kristen Drennen
  
• Kim61
  
• Shanita and DaMon Johnson
  
• Neta and Chris
  
• Paula and Allen
  
• Mandy and Rodrigo Shumacker
  
• Heather Lueth
  
• Scott and Crystal
  
• B.J. and Threasa Scroggins and Family
  
• Nina and Dennis
  
• Dilawn and Ryan
  
• Chandra and Greg
  
• Adam and Sabrina Lawson
  
• Karen Savoie
  
• Beverly Lagana
  
• Sallie and Andre Clement
  
• Lisa Dabe
  
• Wes and Jodi Bailes
  
• Farah Meza Lopez and Henry Brekvoort
  
• Carmen and Erin
  
• Carly and Crystal
  
• Gina and Ade Olawale
  
• Diana and Juan Pablo
  
• Leslee and John Rossotto
  
• Nick and Sarah McNeill
  
• Brad and Rosemary Salisnury
  
• Eric and Crystal Meehan
  
• Neil and Nancy Quinn
  
• Stephen and Noelle Mounce
  
• Barta and Billy Kemp
  
• Solon and Leah Philips
  
• Lichelle Whittaker
  
• Arcy Espana
  
• Katy and Erine Macias
  
• Karen and Andre Marias
  
• Susan and Rob
  
• Luis and Mattie Bediako
  
• Scott and Heather Ellis
  
• Lourdres and Tommy Moore
  
• Mark and Geeta Arathoon
  
• Ugo and Tope Osuya
  
• Tim and Jennie Packard
  
• Janet and Rodney Whitmore
  
• Scott and Delores Hanks
  
• Diana Moreno
  
• Sheila and Jose Reveron
  
• shadowofleaves
  
• AHEMED AND Charmaine Bouchouka
  
• Kevin and Michelle
  
• Freddrick and Angela Young Jordan
  
• Jade and Willie Cordova
  
• Jessica and Ronald Ndoro
  
• Pam and Richard Thompson
  
• Ernest and Nichole Herrere, and children Josiah, Selah, Eliannah, Jude
  
• David and Elizabeth Barrios
  
• Krystal and Ervin Arroyo
  
• Bwire Anne Wanjiku and Chrispinus Bwire
  
• Chily and Ana Maria Alviar
  
• Torrey and Stephanie Harrison
  
• Stephen & Noelle Mounce
  
• Jack and Kimie Michele Beeching
  
• Mike and Missy
  
• Mike and Tami Crites
  
• Lela and Jeremy
  
• Ty and Talitha Brittain
  
• Ben and Lisa Marie
  
• Benjamin and Lisa Marie Loya
  
• Torrey and Stephanie Harrison
  
• Jamie Keeney
  
• Mark and Jennifer
  
• Clayton and Elvira Sneed
  
• Valerie and Ayodeji
  
• Laquonda Esther Morris and spouse
  
• Ryan And Misty Phipps
  
• Timothy and Paula Birmingham
  
• Shane and Rebecca Bunch
  
• Paul and Maria
  
• Mike and Fab
  
• John and Karen
  
• Pastor Rob plus his estranged (but not for long) wife
  
• Jillian and Mike
  
• Norma And Frank Miller
  
• Jim & Becci Berry
  
• Sean and Samantha Archer and family
  
• Janae Hall and family
  
• Michael and Candace Felt
  
• Letichia Christopher and family

Father God examine us and remove any pride from us in all areas in our lives. Remind us that pride goes before fall. That we cannot allow it a foothold in our lives because it will just grow. Humble us in a righteous way and remind us that all things including trials are a gift and a blessing and that in you and you alone we are able to do all things. In Jesus name Amen.