So a conversation yesterday with my Sir made me think about the following...
Sometimes when someone has a bad experience they are not willing to go the distance again when in the same type of experience because they are afraid of a repeat. In other words they aren't willing to give their all...because they don't want to get hurt or because prior experience has shown them it can be painful.
Instinct tells us to not touch the stove a second time if you don't want to get burned.
Sometimes people react the same way with emotions, for fear of getting burned again, they shut down, don't take risks, wrap themselves with a protective shield so that those things don't happen again.
As a slave, one gives an enormous part of themselves to the One who owns them. When one gets burned, one might be less apt to want to give that away again.
But, what i have discovered is...
While one might think it will be hard to give that away again, when you meet the right One, you quickly realize that it's not going to be so hard. Infact, it's going to be even easier than it was before. The reason being, as easy as it might have seemed in the past...suddenly you realize that this person you are with now has more to offer then you believed possible, doesn't expect you to be someone you aren't, and is more deserving of your adoration, love and devotion, so how can it not be easier. It becomes so hard to not want to throw yourself at His feet, to rush into His life head first. You find yourself wishing you could please Him at any cost. Suddenly mistakes you make take on a whole new perspective, and disapointing Him is the worst thing you can imagine. The first time you disapoint Him you realize that You never want to disapoint Him again, but you also know if you do, He is going to listen, explain and give you the opportunity to try again. you live for His attention and praise and you are elated when He uses the words "good girl". To be His is the thing you live for...you long to serve Him every day, in every way...
you know that if one day He gets so angry and he leaves you in the middle of a snowbank in some far away place, and 20 of your closest friends each drive by and offer you a ride, you are going to turn them down, because you know in your heart He is coming back, and you can't give up...nothing will ever let you give up...
youth, maturity and freedom
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I have finally got round to responding to a very interesting comment by D
to my last post. You can read her comment and my response here.
The whole comment...
6 years ago









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