True Triumph

More often than not, we have our fair share of judgmental friends. If you can call them friends, that is. These are people who make you squirm and suppress every fleeting thought and emotions that you think they won’t be able to accept.

They are the ones that shove what they think you should do with your life down your throat – unwarranted, unwanted and uncalled for advice that simply comes out of the blue. And when you patiently explain to them the reasons behind your actions or decision to wait, they don’t get it or refuse to get it. It’ll be good if they accept that they’ll never come to an agreement but they respect your decision and leave it as that.

But more often than not, like a sore thumb, they come back to shove that thing down your throat again and again. Where do these people get off? Do they have memories like sieves that forget everything that has been discussed and explained?

It would seem like they do. And after a while, you just get so tired of explaining yourself that you don’t bother doing so anymore. You come to realize that those folks probably mean well and are speaking from advice that works very well for them, and so now they are on a mission to impose that on others. Without bothering to discover the background and events surrounding each individual case.

Whatever their reasons are, you wish them well. And you learn to listen to what God has planted in your heart more, know what He has called you to be, and really, absolutely know who you are in His sight.

It takes all kinds of people to make up the world. Each are entitled to their own opinions. But when we are sure of who we really are, who God made us to be, the voices of those who can pull us down will start losing their power. Triumph comes when we can treat them with grace and dignity, even when that was not accorded to us. And that, is the gift of freedom to live as God intended us to live.

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