Okay I am a bit overprotective of things and people in my life. I want things a certain way and I am somewhat bothered when I don’t have that stability. For instance, my birth name is Valarie and I prefer to be called just that. I hate terms of endearment. I do not like it when people call me “sweetie, baby, honey, sugar, darling, etc.” especially if I do not know them. I will even ask them not to call me those names and I prefer “mam” as an alternative. I am working on being more open and receptive to people’s obliviousness, but I haven’t made it there yet. As a woman called by God, I know that at times my buttons are pushed to see how I will respond. I love it when the Holy Spirit responds using my mouth instead because He always knows just the right words to speak to diffuse the chaos. My “fleshly” words may be straight to the point, and many will take an offense to them. We have already been forewarned that the world will not like us and that includes those things that annoy us. Yet it’s my world and welcome to how I like to do things that suits me!
If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. John 15:18 ESV
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