Obedience is better than Sacrifice!

The Bible says to go to your brother or sister and tell them...talk to them if you have a problem concerning them! You don't bad mouth them.....talk behind their back.....or let anger set in! When you hold things inside that you are feeling......it causes you to harbor bitterness towards that person,....not good! The Bible directs us to make it right with that person.....ask them to forgive you.....even if you think you didn't do anything to hurt them.....sometimes we have to ask for forgiveness anyways ;-) Oh yes....you have pride...right!? Let go of that self pride......and do whatever the Lord puts on your heart to do or say! I unintentionally offended this girl.....well I thought nothing of it.....I was "none the wiser".....you might say! She acted a little strange the last time we talked and well that was how I remembered it! Well the Lord put her on my heart to call her....and I couldn't for the life of me remember her phone numbers.....it had been years since we had talked...right! In my prayer time I felt the Lord tell me to call her....hahahahah....I had no phone number.....and remembered that she did kind of act a little weird the last time I saw her, etc. Well I prayed and told the Lord that if He wanted me to call her then He would have to just give me her phone number......right? How would he do that? I didn't have it written down anywhere that I knew of.....hmmmmm? Well having walked with the Lord since I was a young girl....I knew just how faithful He could be or actually ALWAYS IS! Ha ha ha ha ha......okay, I am laughing outloud right now as I type this....LOL! A few weeks after I felt the Lord put this on my heart......I prayed again......not really wanting the girls phone number..right?? NOPE! NO WAY!!!!! Why did I really need to call her.....she was weird right.....yeah.....she had a problem.....LOL! Well no sooner did I say "okay, Lord....if you want me to call this girl....just give me the number.....I will call her.....don't know why but I will call her"!!!!! I had butterflies in my stomach...and well He did it! Yes! The Lord brought her phone number to my mind! Oh because the Lord loves me so very much.....He decided to give me both of her phone numbers...LOL!!!!! I now was able to recite both her cell phone number and home number!!! Oh...I was just so thankful to God for His faithfulness to me....hahahahahahaha....like always He didn't let me down..Well while dialing her phone number.....the Lord brought to my mind what really happened with this girl.....she was upset at me....quite upset at me....she actually got angry with me about something that I couldn't help.....I was unable to go to her child's party because I had a newborn baby and her birthday party was at the lake with mosquitos everywhere.....and I had just had a C-section......my husband was working.....and I would be driving a week after my major surgery and taking all of my kids with me (5 at the time). So I felt that I had a pretty good excuse to not go.....I wasn't allowed to drive anyways...right!!!!! Well she wasn't happy with me.....it was important to her that I show up at her party.....afterall it was her childs b-day! Well she actually said some profane words and I ended up telling her bye and hanging up the phone as quickly as possible! I wasn't about to listen to that kind of talk.....especially since my children and hubby were listening to our conversation ;=) Well okay back to the call the Lord told me to make! Well the Lord let me know that I actually had a slight bitterness settling in my heart towards this girl.....I had forgotten about that...right? Was I calling her for myself, for her or both of us???? I called her and she acted shocked to hear my voice......I told her that I felt the Lord tell me to call her......and that I wanted to ask her to forgive me if I did anything to offend her......I told her that I didn't want to be a hindrence in her walk with the Lord in any way at all. I told her that we absolutely cannot grown in our walk with the Lord if we are having bitterness in our hearts towards anyone.....etc. I told her that I didn't want to be a hindrence for her.......well it all worked out in the end. We never talked again.....she might think I am crazy.....I felt I did no wrong but the Lord told me to make the phone call for a reason.....I had a great lesson in obedience that day.......I seem to have a lot of those lessons......God is always telling me to do something...LOL! The Bible says that "obedience is better than sacrifice".........I praise the Lord for telling me to call that girl....I know it meant something to her even though she didn't tell me so. Calling her meant more to me in the end than I realized...it brought me to a new place in my Christian walk. One of the most important things it did for me is show me how much God loves all of His children.....and He wants us to be obedient even when it seems ridiculous to us....Oh and even though I died a painful death that day.......I still have to die many many many more every single day......it never ends....LOL! I love you Lord....and I praise you for your faithfulness to your children!!!!!