Don't be so sensitive! Darlings.

I realize it's not Friday and I usually try to have my posts in by Friday but I had an epiphany. And I wanted to share it with you.

I find some days more than others I can be overly emotional or sensitive to what people say. I have a little blogging Journal that when I have an idea I write it down so that I don't forget what I had in mind. And the other night I was lying down over thinking about what someone had told me that hurt my feelings. 

(I will not say what happened or who said it, and do not be scared or think for a moment that it was you. This is not why I am writing this. It is most likely not you anyway.) And it was such a stupid thing that there was no reason to be offended. And this is why I'm writing this message... By all means don't be scared to talk to me.  I think it is very normal for anyone to be insulted by silly things... please read on... 


This one thing that this person said has been on my mind for quite a while now. They even said it as a joke! 

This is what I wrote down in my journal:



It is easy to get insulted by what people say and we may even feel a source of entitlement, 
"how dare they say that to me, I am royalty!"
But honestly if we get offended so easily by what people say we then form Our Own Prison and lock ourselves in. It is exhausting thinking over and over again how that person said or did something or even the way they look at you or even if you were offended by the way they looked at someone else. And sometimes we even pick out thing's from what people say and formulate our own conclusion even if that's not what they said. When our guards are up so high we can quite easily invent stuff just because we "like" to torments ourselves. (which is not fair for that person)...
 Have you ever said anything insensitive in front of someone or behind their backs that was not thought through that could have hurt them? It is a lot easier to focus on what people do and how they need to smarten up and be a certain way then it is to deal with our own imperfect attitudes and actions. I think one of the hardest things to do as humans is to not be so sensitive about what other people say. More often then not, people don't even realize they hurt you in the first place, TEN YEARS AGO!

The other day I went shopping I can't quite remember where I was, but it was probably at the thrift store. This lady said to me "There's really cute maternity clothes over in that section." In my mind I was like, Honey I'm not pregnant, usually when people have a newborn in the basket in front of them it's because they probably recently, ish, had a baby and didn't lose the wait yet, or might not ever LOL.".
 And so I smiled and said "Thank you haha, that's so kind!" (With a large grin) 

For some reason I did not get offended by that because I know that I do have a belly and probably do need to lose some weight but not only that, I am very glad that I'm not a very self-conscious person...So that helps. Perhaps on another day it would have affected me more...

 How can we be confident woman and men and not be so defensive and emotional about what people say? It is best to know that as soon as we leave our door step that we need to be prepared that people  don't usually mean what they say or maybe they're jealous or maybe they don't have a filter. In every life situation it is always best to ask, what did Jesus do? Always look to the Bible for answers. 

I'm reading a book right now called Shameless by Steve Geyer. And I will not go into too much detail of the book because it is worth way more than a couple chapters I might even do a post on the book itself. But there is one chapter that stood out to me on this subject.
To make a couple of pages short he's basically talking about when Judas betrayed Jesus with the 30 pieces of silver.
He writes:

 "Jesus replied, do what you came for friend." -Matthew 26:52

Friend? Jesus called that so-and-so his friend? Now we know that Jesus was truly Supernatural! Though Judas was not faithful to Jesus, Jesus was faithful to Judas. And then on the cross, Jesus says, regarding those who abandon, falsely accused, tortured, marked, shamed, spit on, betrayed, pounded a crown of thorns into his brow, stripped him naked, and then drove Nails into his hands and feet:

 "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are [really] doing."  -Luke 23:34

This to me is a good example of how Jesus forgives us and how we should forgive others. Seventy-seven times. Even when they don't apologize! Ouch... or else were just punishing ourselves, really. 



Now I could go on and on but my intention was not to preach it was just to share my thoughts.. So in conclusion, please pray when you wake up in the morning that God will guard your heart and your emotions.

Until Friday friends, God bless!