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Post by Sharon on Mar 20, 2016 7:48:09 GMT -5
Yesterday was a crazy day. Chris is going to Florida for a short "deployment"/training exercise. I thought it wasn't on my mind and he left yesterday morning and I prayed for him and kissed him bye. He called a few hours later to say they're delayed a day and he is coming home. When he got home, he asked if I wanted to go see Risen with him and I said yes, so we left the kids with my parents. We had lunch before the movie and Chris was talking there. He made a joke like "can't wait to get out there and show those women what it's all about" and gave this sideways smile. He and I used to make stupid jokes like this a long time ago, because I was convinced at that time there could never be merit to it, but now I believe we called down curses by announcing Chris's weakness to the devil. I got angry and I told him that is not funny. Not even a little bit, and he got taken aback. He said he was just joking and I snapped "yeah well it would be funny if it just stayed as a joke!" And all of a sudden the conviction came on. I get so angry when he goes on deployments. I believe he can't be loyal and I don't want to give him the opportunity to prove himself. I am just angry and bitter. I apologized immediately and he was stung by my comments, so he didn't accept right away, but after about 20 minutes or so, I told him I truly was very sorry for acting that way and can he understand I'm a flawed human being too and I am remorseful for how I behaved. I think that made a difference to him, to be able to look at me the way God looks at me. I'm not perfect. I never will be. And I need forgiveness and grace just as much as he does. We had a great afternoon after that - the movie was awesome and I made us dinner and even packed him a lunch for his flight so God was able to use my weakness to show Chris we're all sinners and fall short - not just him.
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Post by Adrienne on Mar 21, 2016 9:47:29 GMT -5
Sharon I'm glad you had this good time together before he left for training! I completely understand why you made the comment and why you felt convicted after. But I'm happy it was able to turn into something good. God is so great! Try and remember this good day you had together when you're nervous this week about being apart!
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