Signs of Personal Growth

Having spent some time thinking about the events of my last blog...I came to the realization last night that I have come a very long way in regards to my ex.

In the past, as I've shared, our relationship was very abusive. He was very emotionally and physically abusive. I'm not proud of it, nor my portion in it. But I was a very different woman back then. I was very hurtful with my words. When someone hurt me intentionally, I cut them down to nothing with my tongue.

The biblical author James speaks to this issue.

James 3:7-10 For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by mankind, but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God. From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.

Taming the tongue is a very, very difficult thing to do. But with God, all things are possible.

If nothing else, I learned that one good thing that came from that conversation my ex and I had recently, it's this....that I have come a very long way from where I used to be. In my past I would have cut him down with my tongue in retaliation for his intended hurtful words to me. However the reality is that I was not offended by his opinions of me. I did not respond in anger or with ill intent. I shared the truth in love and was not easily offended.

I thank God for the work He's been doing in my life and for teaching me how to be longsuffering, loving, forgiving and all the other ways I see the Fruit of the Spirit exhibited in my life.

~MsTude~