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| Courage to Fly! |
Be gracious to us. The hearts of these dear women have been hurt. There is much misunderstanding, perhaps some correct but hard understanding, and without much question in my mind a lot of self-esteem damage being lived out in this MOPS context. Please help me, as mentor, to be supportive and loving and wise. Tall order!
Maybe we can start by reading this first page of the Leadership section. Just bookmarked it. It is powerful. Thank You, dear Lord! I will need to override Anna, which is never easy. It may just have to be done. She is intimidated, Lord. She has dodged me on several occasions, and the awkwardness is--well, awkward. Her oldest daughter is in my PreK class and is so sweet and delightful. Weird! I am pretty sure this is a remnant of the Ali fiasco of some years past. Let's put that on the table, too, if necessary. Those hard conversations--that's what the intro to the theme mentioned.
Be glorified, Lord. Be glorified! In Jesus's name, by the work of the Holy Spirit, for the kingdom of God~~Amen.
Well, it was indeed hard. Messy. Painful. I don't know exactly how to repair this, let alone to address it at all. I was accused of being "strong and aggressive" ( I think that's what Jesse said ) which is. of course, true. (The Acceptance Paradox from "Ten Days to Self Esteem") I am all that he said, and much more. I am hard. I am unloving. I am wrong. I don't care. It doesn't matter to me that Anna was hurt. (Not sure that last one is fully true.) Oh, my. Was there any way around last night?
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