TESTIMONIAL
I had to laugh today. People often talk about someone or other having a “come to Jesus” moment and for me that’s been just a fun descriptor to use. But I had a “come to Jesus” moment today in the sense that a lesson he teachers in his Sermon on the Mount came home to roost.
I have a client at work who runs an industry association. We do a lot of work for him that benefits the member companies in his association. A person at one of the member companies became quite angry with me (we had exchanged emails about an honest mistake I made on a recent project.) He sent me (and copied my client) a very unhappy email talking about how he thought my client should reconsider the business relationship with my company. I was quite rattled by this angry lash-out and called a practitioner for help. The practitioner was firm that this was rank animal magnetism and it had no cause or substance to it and could not channel through this person to me. He agreed to pray in support of me.
It took some effort to work through my fear of the situation’s outcome. But, as I prayed with what he gave me, the thought came to me that if I was honest with myself, I wasn’t spotless in all this. When this person first emailed me, my reply – while technically professional – had a real “to hell with you” thought behind it on my part. I felt justified in thinking he was going way overboard and being a real jerk. In Jesus’ sermon, he speaks to the state of a person’s heart as the critical factor: “But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.” So my defensive, hateful thought – although not manifested into actual words – had no God in it giving me no leg to stand on spiritually. I am grateful this came to me because I often find it too easy to indulge in angry or critical thinking (especially when I think I’m in the right) as though it can’t really hurt me!
Within a couple hours, my client called me to let me know he had spoken with his client and had stood up for me -- even taking a lot of the responsibility for the mistake. He assured me that our business relationship was not in danger and that he appreciated our partnership.
I’m very grateful for this lesson and for the support of the practitioner. I was literally shaking with worry when I called him and having his clear understanding about what was really going on I know helped me get a blessing in more than one way from this experience.
LM, Atlanta, GA