What did you say? ?

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Conflicts in relationships happen all the time, and one of the biggest culprits is our tendency to misinterpret. 

Has anyone ever misinterpreted you? You were speaking the truth in love. You were doing your best to communicate clearly with love and compassion, but the other person still got so defensive. 

Jesus would often preface a message with “He who has ears to hear, let him hear!” (Matthew 13:9, NKJV) He knew everyone had physical ears, but they were still emotionally and spiritually deaf.

We all have the tendency to misinterpret because we all interpret through our vat. I’ve spoken about the vat in one or two of these emails. Our vat is our mind, emotions, memories, traumas and education all piled into one mishmash in our brains. We interpret everything through this mess. The Bible says, “For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face.” (1 Corinthians 13:12, NKJV) 

We don’t live with the facts of our lives; we live with the interpretation of the facts of our lives. So when someone speaks to you, it is automatically, unconsciously interpreted. If your heart is bitter and damaged, no one will ever be able to get through until you spend some time with the healing presence of Jesus and a good therapist. The vat is full of dirty filters that cause you to misinterpret. 

Do you have any dirty filters? Would you like to see them cleansed? Would you like to build healthy, strong relationships? 

I’m sure your answer is yes, yes and yes. So will you take a moment and ask the Holy Spirit to help you reinterpret any hurtful words or situations? God will not change your past, but He will help you to reinterpret it. You’ll be amazed at the results in your relationships.

Because you’re a miracle.

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4 Comments

  1. Jean G L on 11/10/2020 at 3:01 PM

    Your message today was PERFECT!!! It applied to a conversation my wife and I had with our lovely daughter last night. She is in a lot of emotional pain because she is living her past through a lot of misinterpretation of facts. Her pains are affecting all kinds of relationships: with us (in particular with her mother), her son and her friends. She recognizes that her vat needs to be cleaned up. She is asking for our love, time, distance and patience to allow her to do so with her therapist. Thanks so much for this revealing and reinforcing message, which I shared with both my daughter and her mom, who fails to fully understand her daughter’s trauma because she feels accused, in spite of all the love she’s poured into their relationship. God is great. Love is patient, kind and understanding.

  2. Serpi elisaveta on 11/10/2020 at 3:25 PM

    Multumesc Duhule Sfant ca este mesajul meu de astăzi!

  3. Tabitha on 11/10/2020 at 8:02 PM

    Amen!! Lord help us.

  4. Adonias Freitas on 15/10/2020 at 6:06 AM

    “God will not change your past, but He will help you to reinterpret it.”
    What a true and wonderful statement!
    God bless you!!
    From Brazil

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