My mom always told me that sometimes, God uses the people closest to you to hurt you and teach you a lesson. I never knew what she was talking about until now. It took for someone to tell me straight up that I was wrong for me to realize that I needed to change how I was acting. Don't get me wrong, at first, I was pissed. How could someone so close to me talk to me the way that they did? How could they think it was ok to reprimand ME out of all people? It sounds selfish right? I'm quick to point out people's wrongs but when it comes to someone telling me that i'm doing wrong, my defensive wall comes up fast.
As much as I was hurt about how I was confronted, I needed to hear everything that was said to me. I needed to hear that I was messing up because it caused me to really reflect on what I was doing and how I was acting. I was telling people to forgive and forget when I, myself, couldn't forgive someone for something that happened months ago. And I was quick to tell people to not stress about small things when I, myself, was stressing about things that I had no control over.
So, i'm thankful for the hurt that I felt and thankful for those people who love me enough to confront me about things because they shape me into the person i'm destined to me. So, thank you. Thank you for loving me so much that you confronted me about what I was doing and helped me change. Thank you for your prayers and constant encouraging words; you'll never understand how much they've helped me.