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Just Thinkin’

 A friend posted this meme below today and I it stirred some thoughts: 


"Stop blaming women for falling for the wrong men. The truth is, some men pretend to be someone they're not from the start." My counselor years ago said something so wise: When people begin their relationships, they are on their best behavior. It takes time to see what people are really made of. It takes time to observe How people react when they’re under pressure , how they deal with their anger,  how they speak to people, how they talk about people. How they speak about the Lord. What do they do with their time and their money. What is the substantive character of that individual?


Sometimes in the midst of the feelings and wanting to be in love, I think most of us wear rose colored glasses. We see people the way we wanna see them. But if we get past those Gush feelings and really hear their hearts it is there it really is ….who they truly down deep are. I look back on previous relationships that I’ve had and they were surely presenting their true self.

I just didn’t wanna see it.


We all can pretend to be someone that we are not from the start putting our best foot forward, not necessarily in deception. Courting is exciting , fun and romantic. We tend to act at our very best.


But women need to look within with Christ revealing illuminating our own hearts as we spend time in His Word.


Asking carefully  what is it in themselves that continuously is attracted to the wrong man? …..some in our naïveté . ….But sometimes it’s something more.


Sometimes we find ourselves in romantic relationships with the same type over and over again. They are not gonna change and we can’t change them so what is it in us that not only is attracted to them. ….But what is it that they find attractive in us? 


Get two codependent people in a room and they will find each other.


How is it that the abuser who abuses somehow finds someone that allows them to abuse them?


It’s not the victims fault but still the question remains. Why did I allow someone to do that to me? 

Why didn’t I leave him after the first time?  What is it in me that is demonstrating to someone that they can get away with that?


All these things are so spiritual. 


We need wisdom 

Cry out for it

The Lord gives liberally


We should never blame any woman for anything, but encourage them to seek deeper…..  because God desires truth in the inner man. Jesus is the way and the truth and the life. I love one definition of truth that is reality. The Lord, sees things as they really are . We see dimly, but as we grow in him, things become more clearer . Like the man who was blind, Jesus came and applied  spit to his eyes  And his clarity of sight was not immediate, but then it came.


Oh Gentle Savior 

Savior Like A Shepherd Lead Us in Thy Tender Care

Cause me to see clearly as I behold your face

In the light of Your Glory and Your empowering Grace


 Galatians 5:1 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free.Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.


Proverbs Chapter 3 


James 1:5


John 14:6 Jesus said to him, I am the Way and the Truth and the Life; no one comes to the Father except by (through) Me.


Mark 8:22


Psalm 32:8

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