Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful. Luke 6:36
If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar:
for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen,
how can he love God whom he hath not seen? 1 John 4:20
We have all had awkwardness
Those situations where you are misunderstood,
where you meant one thing
and it did not get interpreted the way you meant it
It is nice that God never misunderstands us
He knows the thoughts and the intents of our hearts
He knows our motives, why we said what we said or did what we did
It’s not the same with people
Some are quick to rush to interpret what we said or did
That creates awkwardness
Some people are much more perfect than others,
perfect in the way the world views them, that is
Depending on the situation, the extent of the relationship,
awkwardness might not be something to explain,
something we should just let go, forget about
Awkwardness can cause pain, frustration
Some people are awkward a lot
They seem to not understand how to get their points across
without being misunderstood
or they think certain ways that are different from many others
I am one such person
I had a friend who understood me
She got where I was coming from
She was very merciful and gracious
I hardly ever had to explain things to her
She just died
Sadness for many reasons
There are very few people who completely understand you in this world,
who you can share your innermost thoughts with and they know,
they know who you are, what you’re about and see your intentions
God always understands us
He always knows what to say,
what to do to make things right if a wrong has happened
and how to solve whatever problem you may have gotten yourself into
Jesus is the best friend we can ever have
There are friends we have that we know God has given them grace for us
And as we lose people, those people that we know,
people that He has given us as gifts,
people that love us no matter what, it can leave a gap
They might have been the only person we had in our life
that will understand us so fully
Depending on how someone was raised,
the things they learned or didn’t learn,
the way they think, the challenges they have had,
the relationships that have helped shape and mold them
They may be difficult, you may be difficult
A person who was raised by a loving family
will be a remarkedly different person
than a person who was raised in a non-loving family
It is just so
God can do healing and therapists can help talk things through,
thinking errors can be brought to light
we can learn how to better get along with people,
but a person who is not perfect still may be awkward,
without solidity even, often misunderstood
Be compassionate when you find an awkward person
They won’t always say the right thing or do the right thing
or react the way they should, don’t toss them aside
as when we do this to the least of these, we have done it unto the Lord
And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you,
Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren,
ye have done it unto me. Matthew 25:40