Leave me in PEACE!

We had a (sad!) question posted over at PeaceGals and I’m HOPING that a few of you will pop on over and share your thoughts to encourage and help this woman.

Here is a portion of my response:

“Oh, Barbara!! I am SO sorry that you have experienced this. I bet that MANY of us could relate …

– Unaware that someone is upset with us and growing MORE AND MORE upset with us with every passing day

– One day, there is an EXPLOSION (in person, via email, in the “old days”–an actual LETTER) and the person UNLOADS on us

– We hear about all of our failings, weaknesses, fallenness, immaturity, SIN

And then? And then? Do we hear the gospel? That God loves His children because of CHRIST, because it is His nature to be a forgiving and gracious and merciful God? That just as God never gives up on His children, this FRIEND will never give up on us too?

No. We hear this instead:

– “I never want to see you or hear from you again.”

– “There. I’ve said what I need to say and we’re DONE talking about this.”

– “Leave me in peace.”

But of course there is no peace. No Shalom. No presence of soundness and wholeness. No trust. No love.

So what do I recommend? …

What would YOU recommend, dear blog friends??

Looking forward to reading your counsel–

Yours,
Tara B.

PS
I just saw that we currently have 99 members of PeaceGals … so the very next person who registers will be #100!! Doesn’t that sound like it deserves some sort of “Tara loves to give away FREE STUFF prize???” Be sure to email me if you’re #100 and let’s see what we can do. 🙂