When did the idea become prevalent that if you have not been in nearly the EXACT situation I'm in, you cannot speak to my life/situation? As I was formulating the previous sentence, I was reminded of a time when that was MY mindset! And I am ashamed. I refused wisdom from precious sisters and mothers in the faith because of my arrogance! If we would just recognize that:
1. Children are children, no matter their spacing.
2. People are people, no matter their age.
3. And all people who have ever lived-- except One-- are sinners.
We need to listen to what others say to us, because sometimes, someone who HASN'T been in our type of situation can see more clearly than someone who HAS!
For the body does not consist of one member but of many. If the foot should say, "Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body," that would not make it any less a part of the body. And if the ear should say, "Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body," that would not make it any less a part of the body. If the whole body were an eye, where would be the sense of hearing? If the whole body were an ear, where would be the sense of smell? But as it is, God arranged the members in the body, each one of them, as he chose. If all were a single member, where would the body be? As it is, there are many parts, yet one body. The eye cannot say to the hand, "I have no need of you," nor again the head to the feet, "I have no need of you."
1 Corinthians 12:14-21
Listen to advice and accept instruction, that you may gain wisdom in the future. Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the LORD that will stand.
Proverbs 19:20-21
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