Ya know that old saying, you sound like a broken record, right?
The bottom line is when we repeat the same lyrics over and over, we don't get to hear the rest of the song.
in livinglifetogether, we too experience such frustrations. those closest in our small civilizations(the family unit) ,
TIRE of hearing i'll CHANGE, i PROMISE, or a combo, i PROMISE i'll CHANGE. They really want to know if there is a different verse, a different stanza in our song.
men, we must either break the record and play a new song altogether, or we must remove the debris on the record LP that is actually causing it to skip.
tonight a couple of men, opened up deep, painful wounds. each shared their real need of dependance on CHRIST. now, its up to each man, to remove the debris in their life, so that the LIFESONG, Jesus placed in their heart may play, and thier small civilizations can reunite in harmony.
as a tribe, we layed hands on one bruther. keep prayin men, for we are sworn to each other's journey.
wanna hear the lyrics from my favorite broken record ... GOD will send those who need to be here, God will send those who need to be here, God will send ...
ReplyDeleteyou get the picture, er, rather the song.
I am so glad that the 7 other guys who showed up, showed up, and the 7-10 other men, who didn't show up, DIDN'T.
what was discussed, revealed and disected appears as if it was SCRIPTED!!!
I THINK IT WAS.
PRAISE JESUS.
What was said last night was what needed to be said. Yes it was a powerful night with two of our brothers opening up their hearts. This is how we decibel to other men. By lending our ears, advise them, and then following up with them. That is where I sometimes come up short. I listen and offer advise, but I have a hard time following up with them.
ReplyDeleteI too sometimes have a hard time opening up, in fear of showing that I am not also perfect. The group of close friends I consider in my inner circle it is easier for me to do that. But in a group I sometimes feel that my problems are insignificant to the other problems that people face. So that is why I do not talk a lot. As a co-leader of this group this is one problem that I need to work on. SO continue to pray not just for the men who opened up but for all the men in the group. We are all struggling with something even if we do not voice it out loud.
how very true .
ReplyDeletei have learned recently a new truth for me.
i learned that many of us, including myself, tend to live life in the small box , you know the one on a PICTURE IN PICTURE TV SCREEN.
my point?
my point is that even though we tend to live life ZOOMED IN , and life is a BIG PICTURE EVENT, the feelings, emotions, failures of the small ZOOMED IN BOX, still affects us.
we hurt, even if our hurt is NOT as significant as our nieghbor's.
maybe we're not going thru divorce, but our pain is still pain to us.
i appreciate your courage to share bruther.