Dealing with things the right way..
I've been struggling with my new cell group lately. I've been trying to deal with it the best I can with God helping me. Trying to fit in and just be myself. Being yourself means others will have a problem with that. But no one is perfect and we all have our corks about us. Last week at cell group it was good. I didn't feel like I belonged though. But I do and my life matters. Yesterday I had to say okay God, who's teaching tonight like to talk about about herself. (Pastor's wife wasn't there to teach:( ) Please help me set aside all my feelings and get something out of tonight. I was fine the whole night. I didn't feel alone. I got something out of the message. Then we were sitting around talking and it got brought up about how many pictures I post on instagram. And the remarks and comments started to fly! That makes it twice now this week that me posting to many pictures were brought up. There was so many emotions that were running through me. I was mad,upset, wanted to cry. I just said Fine if you don't like how many I post then unfollow me. I don't care. Later my sister was like oh Hannah we were just joking. But that was after the fact she saw how hurt I was. Okay.. Joking. You say it once. Not joking.. You keep on saying it. I mean when you have comments like oh yeah if you ever want to know what Hannah ate or is doing.. Check Instagram. Or oh I bet she couldn't go without a day without posting.. Oh she would just post all the pictures Saturday that she took Friday. Really... What does it matter how many pictures I take!? Is it hurting you? Nope. Didn't think so.
Anyways.. Last night I came home and took a shower and cried and prayed. You know, I hate being mad and upset with people. It kills me inside. I really had to ask God for His help. Because I could have went around and said well you talk to much about yourself. You blah blah blah. But God really helped me to keep my mouth shut. If I'm upset and need to deal with it, I just need to be alone for a while. In my house there's no chance of being alone and dealing with things on your own. Everyone had to put there input in. (and yea I'm still kind of dealing with what happened)
So this morning my daily bible verse is:Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ. (Galatians 1:10 NIV)
I would say so weird but nothing is weird when you have God on your side! So instead this is a So God moment! So now I sit and say okay God. I get it! Your testing me to see who am I going to please! Like last night when I got home I deleted instagram off my phone. That was to get people's approval. If I'm doing things right and living my life for God then that's all that matters. In the bible it doesn't say anywhere that it's a sin to take so many photos. It doesn't say thy shall only post a photo a day. But it does say thy shall love their neighbor. And part of loving is understanding. Understanding someone means getting to know them. And if you see a comment you made hurt someone, don't keep making the same comment. Know where they are coming from. I post so many pictures for a certain reason. No know has to know why I do what I do. They just have to know that everything I do is for a reason. There is always a madness to my methods. Lol
Oh and thank you to my two friends who didn't join in the bashing Hannah last night and who said they liked my photos. I love you! :)
Key points:
Seek God's approval and not men.
Don't be a people pleaser.
Always pray.
Clam down before you speak.
Don't change yourself to get humans approval, if you do something for a reason and it's not hurting God or you, your fine. :)
LOVE everyone for who they are. :)
Craziness and all. ;)
1 comment:
Don't worry about cell group or the people God is gonna use this to grow you and he is going to use you to grow them. Just wait and see in the end you'll be amazed how much changes :D
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