So, I must first start with an apology. I logged into blogger today using one of my other emails and found out that I had started a blog a few years ago that friends had commented on and I never responded to. So, to those friends, I do apologize. But I have finally made it to our three week layoff. To finish out where I have been since my last post: On Monday the 6th I was in Opelika, AL playing a HS, Tues. was spent in Gainesville, FL where I got to see two wonderful friends!! Wednesday was in Daytona Beach, FL, Thursday in Tallahassee, FL, and Friday to Monday morning were spent in Tampa Bay, with a day off Friday which was nice.
I am currently on a 3 week layoff from tour and flew out of Tampa up to Newark, NJ to spend some time with a friend of mine on the Les Miz tour. I will then head into NYC on Thursday to spend some time there. I am very excited to be on break and to get a chance to catch up on sleep.
Junto:
I read this article on cnn.com a few weeks ago and it got me thinking. It's by religious author, Philip Yancey, and how he had a near death experience and began questioning the worth of God. He asked numerous people about God's worth, and posted their answers in his book. In talking to one person they state, "It's not easy to be healed". I have found this to be very true amongst my friends and family. We all like to say that something hasn't affected us, or that we have gotten over something, but have we really? Have we really been healed, or have we just buried it? Have we come to terms with what happened to us and learned to accept it, or are we just burying it claiming to be healed? In his article, he even states that it is hard to stay healed. That while someone may have found healing, it is possible to fall back into the old ways and the old patterns. What is true healing, and how do we maintain that healing?
one quick thought: being healed could be finding a way to continue living without feeling burdened-make our burdens light- it might still be there- er, so i guess that technically means we're not completely healed... but, the burden is much easier to bear.- ok so maybe that's what happens, at times we may not be healed, but our burdens are made light that we can continue to carry throughout the day/life.
ReplyDeleteThose are fair points. I often say that I forgive easily, but I'm not really sure that is the case. I consider people forgiven, but the trust that I had for the people I "forgave" still is not complete. I can continue to have a friendship with those people, but it's not really going to be the same.
ReplyDeleteAnd, if those people give me reason to distrust them again, I will come back to the previous wrong and come to the conclusion that they bring more bad than good to the relationship. Then I typically erase them from my life. I usually describe it as forgiving but not forgetting.
@jumpupandaround - That is very true, though in issues like that, should we pursue true healing, whatever that may be, in them? I know may times people just chose to ignore those areas, but could there still be some lurking issues from the pain that they don't realize? They would rather deal with the lurking issue, than revive the pain.
ReplyDelete@Lyn - I would argue that that is a wise way of doing things. While healing is important, I don't think we should go looking for ways to get hurt so that we can heal.