Yesterday I received an email from somebody very close to me.  Somebody I love dearly.  Unfortunately there was something in the email that hurt me immensely.  Many things were true, one was untrue.

The true things did not bother me ... as I knew already about the topics that were discussed and have dealt with them accordingly.

The one untrue thing opened old scars and released a great deal of pain.  Pain from the past and pain today that I can share with no one but God and Decy.  Now, I must move forward.

People judge others from their own eyes, their own perspective, and their own experiences.  It is so difficult to see the things which are not seen.

Did you see Decy's blog?  Have any of you lived in Indonesia, or overseas in a 3rd world country?  Have any of you been shot at and heard the bullet go by your head, just missing you?  Have any of you had bombs launched at you?  Have any of you had 10,000 angry people outside your door yelling at you and calling for your death?  Have any of you experienced and touched the absolute poverty of Africa? Have any of you seen dead bodies in the street?

Have any of you lost the most precious gift you ever had ... only to find it later ... but now at a distance where you can see it but not touch it?

We are all shaped, molded, and influenced by the events around us.  It is only thru God's grace that we can move forward.  Sometimes we fall, sometimes we make a mistake, sometimes it is difficult for others to see the good that is within us, sometimes it is difficult for the good within us to show itself ... but if we have love we can go forward.  Without love we are a failure ... and that is what hurts .... it was just one little word among hundreds that were written ... just one word ... that is all it took ...