STOP LOOKING AT YOURSELF AS A VICTIM AND STRAT SEEING THE PART U PLAYED IN THE SITUATION. WHEN OTHER PEOPLE PUT US AT RISK OR CAUSE US PAIN, WE MAY FEEL AS IF THERES NOTHING WE CAN DO. WE MAY BE USED TO THE ROLE OF VICTIM. BUT THERE ARE WAYS TO MAINTAIN OUR DIGNITY AND SANITY EVEN IN THE MOST OPPRESSIVE CIRCUMSTANCES. ABIGAIL IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF SOMEONE WHO DIDNT GIVE IN TO HELPLESSNESS BUT HAD THE WISDOM TO KNOW WHAT SHE COULD AND COULDNT CHANGE. HER HUSBAND, NABAL(meaning fool), WAS MEAN AND DISHONEST IN ALL HIS DEALING. BEFORE DAVID BECAME KING, NABAL INSULTED HIS TROOPS TO THE POINT THAT DAVID AND HIS MEN WERE ON THEIR WAY TO KILL HIM AND ANYONE WHO GOT IN THEIR WAY. THROUGH SOME FAST THINKING AND EVEN FASTER TALKING, ABIGAIL PROTECTED HER FAMILY. SHE CONVINCED DAVID NOT TO TAKE VENGEANCE INTO HIS OWN HANDS. A FEW WEEKS LATER NABAL DIED OF NATURAL CAUSES, AND ABIGAIL BECAME DAVIDS WIFE. WE CANNOT ALWAYS CHANGE OTHER PEOPLE. IT TAKES WISDOM AND COURAGE TO ACCEPT THIS TRUTH. BUT EVEN WHEN WE CANT CHANGE THEM, WE CAN STILL CHANGE THE SITUATION TO PROTECT OURSELF FROM THE EFFECTS OF THEIR BEHAVIOR. ACCEPTANCE OF ANOTHERS BAD BEHAVIOR OR PERSONALITY DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE HAVE TO ACCEPT BEING VICTIM OF THAT PERSONS WRONGS. WE CAN GIVE UP OUR CRUSADE TO CHANGE THE OTHER PERSON WITHOUT GIVING UP OUR RIGHT TO BE TREATED WITH DIGNITY.
Posted on: Thu, 03 Jul 2014 21:59:47 +0000
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