Blind Spots
I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten…
Joel 2:25
Despite growing up in a secular home, Lee and Lynn managed
to find the love of Jesus Christ. Time passed and each married and had
children. As siblings do, each adopted their own unique style of parenting
traits and characteristics; among them were a few that would have been better
left to past generations.
One lived a blue collar lifestyle while the other owned and
worked a small business. Both grew in the knowledge and wisdom of God. In both
were seeds; seeds of love, and seeds of familial apathy; the latter a
hand-me-down from the prior generation. A generation that had fostered sibling apathy
and indifference for reasons they couldn’t recall, nor cared to discover. And
from this fertile soil grew a root that was unsatisfied with stealing just one
generation of love and relationship. Lee and Lynn’s pride became a tool in the
hands of an enemy so cunning and shrewd that they never saw it coming.
One moment in time, no one really remembered, became the
wedge that was now planted firmly between them. Both were sure they had gone
the extra mile to reconcile. Neither saw their blind spot. For the walls that
had been erected stood tall, strong, and impenetrable; neither realized that what
they despised in the other was a barrier of their own making.
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Satan began his attack on God’s family in the Garden…he will
not relent unless both destroyed every relationship he can. And no healing will
be promoted unless both parties seek resolution. When that fails to happen the
locusts continue their feast.
Stubbornness and pride have ended more relationships than we
can imagine. The enemy knows how to manipulate us without our conscious knowledge
or permission. He sows seeds of animosity and resentment against those we love.
We become blinded by a need for vindication, and all reason goes out the
door. As far as we’re concerned we were
the one who was wounded. It’s up to them to make the first move!
Is there anything so valuable that would justify continuing
to fight while losing everything meaningful in the process? When we consider the loving forgiveness that God extended to us through Christ, can we do any less?
Prayer
“Healer of
relationships and families, show me if there are any blind spots in my life.
Restore what the locusts have eaten. In Jesus’ Name, amen.”
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