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"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you." Maya Angelou
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Recently, I had the opportunity to be a part of a styled wedding photo shoot: flowers, tables, chairs, bride, groom the whole nine. The committee was successful in securing one couple for the shoot—a Caucasian couple. Nothing inherently wrong with that, but I thought it would be nice to have a brown skinned couple be a part of the shoot as well. As it turned out, the committee had encountered an impressive amount of difficulty securing the couple they had. They said that they were happy to include an additional couple, so long as I found one. The couple needed to have their own dress, tux, shoes, et cetera, and they had to be open and available the day of the shoot, which was on a weekday. I said, “No problem”. Now you know I just moved to Arizona, and I don’t know but 3 souls here. The first couple I found was willing but unable. Then a friend offered to help find a couple. When my friend told me the name of the couple that was willing and able to participate in the wedding shoot, my immediate response was to say, “No, thank you. I’ll figure something else out.” Let’s just say I would have preferred to work with someone else. Anyone else. But then I had to stop, put my big girl pants on, and say, “Now, Christine, are you going to let your personal feelings about someone get in the way of progress? Who knows when there will be another styled shoot?” Do you know I almost said, “Yep, sure will”?
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One day at work, I was at my desk stewing over some people who’d hurt me. I was so angry with them; I wanted them to get what they deserved! God cut right through that thought and said, “But what if you get what you deserve?” That question stopped me cold. Immediately, I become defensive and said, “But, Lord, I am a good person.” Right then I knew I had to let it go because I am not a good person. How could I sit in judgment of these people and withhold forgiveness when I had been forgiven of so much? |
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