Respect Yourself

I am from the "Age of Aquarius" if you are not sure what that means then you probably don't remember "Respect Yourself" by the Staple Singers either. I was thinking about that this morning, respect yourself, in the song it goes on to say "if you don't respect yourself then nobody is going to give a good cahoot."

Just think about that for a moment, not only are we to respect others... but also ourselves...... Hmmmm. Does that mean that if we lose respect for others then we have also lost our own self respect.....Hmmmm.

I have been dealing with a lot of resentment lately, how people within our church body have acted towards our Pastor Tom. To be very blunt and to the point I am having a hard time forgiving those involved.

Jesus said to "Love your neighbor as yourself." whoa I don't know about you but that speaks to my very core. So if I am having a hard time forgiving those I resent, then I also can not forgive my self! But I didn't do anything wrong.....or did I?

How much love have I shown those that I resent? Have I been avoiding them because I feel wronged? Have I spoken out of anger?

To be able to help heal our church then I must forgive, didn't Jesus from the cross forgive those who crucified Him. All I am dealing with is a few uncomfortable moments and situations. In comparison that's just small potatoes! With respect ===Skid===