Reach - Then Teach

Dear Hannah, I have a track record of cutting people off - and then leaving it like that. I do not let anyone or anything get me warm twice. Carrying the burden of offense is a hard way to live, though. This is a little more subtle than unforgiveness - but can be just as burdensome. When I carry offense, sometimes nothing major has happened ... but I often decide that I will not allow anything at all to happen with the person who offended me. That may take it too far. If I am merciless in judgement, then I will be shown no mercy. (James 2:13) So the need for boundaries is clear, but I am learning to stop short of finishing my stories of teaching people how to treat me with "piercing periods". I am learning how to finish them with "kind question marks". Love,Daddy