Saturday, April 2, 2011
Horribly Wrong
Ok so I found something else to write about. As some of you know it has been about a year and a half since I have spoken to my sister. I think of her often. My heart aches for her. There are many times I wonder if she knows that I love her. I wonder how she is and if she has changed or stayed the same. I wonder if God is evident in her life. I wonder if she realized what she did wrong. I wonder all these things. When I was first trying to forgive her, I thought of all the things she did wrong. I thought of all the ways she hurt me. But most of all I realized how I never stood up for myself. I always let her walk all over me. She isn't the first person I let walk all over me. There are days when I let people do it. I let them use me and abuse me. I always blame them. I blame all these people. I never think what could I have done to stop it. But I finally put what my sister was doing to me to a stop. I stopped letting her walk all over me and stood up for myself by cutting her off. And the first time I decide to stand up for myself it all goes terribly wrong. I feel like the worst person in the world. I kept asking myself and God if cutting her off was the right thing to do why did I feel so horrible? Why did I feel so horrible about protecting my heart and for once taking care of myself? I am the type of person who cares more about people than myself. That isn't always a bad thing until I stop taking care of myself completely, which is what I usually do. That is something I am working on. It will be a process trying to have a happy medium. It is still a process to stop blaming my sister for things and to move on as well as wondering if she will ever change. I will always love my sister no matter what. If she got in touch with me today and wanted to reconcile I would be there in a second. At the end of the day even though everything went horribly wrong I did what what was right for me at that time.
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You are a really brave person, Liz. We have to take care of our own hearts in order to reach out for others. You still love your sister and that is what is important. Sometimes we have one-sided love (although I am sure she still loves you too) and when we have to contend with that it makes our hearts stronger. God is with you and He will lead you down the right path. Just stay strong in Him! <3
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