Long Day

This has been one of those days that seems to go on interminably.

Some days I'm not really certain what is and is not mine to do. Of course, that doesn't stop someone from yelling when I guess wrong.

Someone jokingly asked me this afternoon if it was true that I was omniscient.

My response? "Of course I am. I'm god don't you know." (I did mention that my sense of humor is twisted and sarcastic, right?)

Since lunchtime my facebook status has read, "Lisa has the overwhelming urge to sob."

Some combination of exhaustion, and other factors, along with the fact that it is Wednesday. Some people have Mondays. I have Wednesdays. It's just been a while since I've had one on this scale.

I'm having coffee with a friend tonight after work, and then am hoping for some sleep. Despite the "miracle drugs" I haven't had much rest the last couple nights, and it would be very helpful for my overall disposition and mental health if that would change tonight.

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More from Henri on forgiveness

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Forgiving in the Name of God

We are all wounded people. Who wounds us? Often those whom we love and those who love us. When we feel rejected, abandoned, abused, manipulated, or violated, it is mostly by people very close to us: our parents, our friends, our spouses, our lovers, our children, our neighbors, our teachers, our pastors. Those who love us wound us too. That's the tragedy of our lives. This is what makes forgiveness from the heart so difficult. It is precisely our hearts that are wounded. We cry out, "You, who I expected to be there for me, you have abandoned me. How can I ever forgive you for that?"

Forgiveness often seems impossible, but nothing is impossible for God. The God who lives within us will give us the grace to go beyond our wounded selves and say, "In the Name of God you are forgiven." Let's pray for that grace.