Head vs. Heart

Its been a long few weeks. Feels a little more like months. I went from taking care of my sweet boy and cleaning my folks house to taking care of my sweet boy and cleaning my folks house and taking care of a little girl Monday and Wednesday and taking care of my niece Tuesday and Thursday. WHAT WAS I THINKING?! haha I have enjoyed it don't get me wrong, the days are just getting longer and longer! :) Seeing how I took on a little bit more than I can really handle well, I've been a little on edge lately. (surprise, I know) Sorry to anyone who has been unfortunate enough to be in the line of fire!

Last night at GYMJAM (youth service on Sunday nights) Tobi and Dean were talking about "sandpaper people". You know, those people who just rub you wrong, those people who get under your skin. I have a feeling someone just came to mind. I may be your sandpaper person(sorry!). You may have more than one, I personally have about 35. Another surprise right? The past few weeks have probably been especially bad for my sandpaper folks. I am good at being nice to people...if I like you. If I don't like you, if you offend me, yell at me, lie to me, catch me in the wrong mood, look at me wrong things are a little bit more difficult. Don't I sound so nice? Haha, anyway Tobi and Dean pointed out last night that we have to be open to viewing these people from a different perspective. You may have trouble with this, I know I do. We are supposed to see them as God's masterpiece. God loves them just as much as he loves me. Jesus died for them just like he died for me.

Take a minute to let that sink in.

That person, those people who you think are so hard to love, are such a treasure to the Lord that he gave his son up for them. They may deserve to be secluded, yelled back at, set straight, punched in the throat, whatever your idea may be. But we all deserve such. Thank God we don't get what we deserve. We are disciplined, but not destroyed. I need help viewing people like my God does. These all are truths that my head knows, but my heart often forgets. I'm still working on learning how to keep my heart reminded. Any ideas?