Happy Tuesday!
What struck me this time was the the way and manner that Xerxes remembered Vashti. I can just see the old goat sitting in his throne head in his hands thinking about his war loses and then it hits him. Vashti! I bet that an image of her pretty face appeared behind his eye lids reminding him of a better time.
I can actually relate to this and maybe you can too. Think about a time you got relly mad a t a love one or a friend....... Did you think about all the good time and laughter? No i bet like me you get stuck in the moment and only focus on the argument at hand. Then later when your down in the dumps just trying to hold on to something good you remember those times when the laughter was what made your day and you once again long for those times.
Why dont we ever take the time to approach a bad situation after we take five to cool off? Im not talking 5 years but five mins? I mean think of the people we banish from our lives? Cus we where mad and didnt think with a clear head?
This is something i think we can all work on what could it hurt?
2 comments:
I can understand how we can focus on the king in these versus, but imagine how Vashti felt. She was exiled from all that she knew. what happened to her? She must have been going through a ton of hurt and dis-pear as well. So I think the real thing we should focus on is not only how we feel when we are hurt but how our actions hurt the ones we love. The king in all his sorrow also but his servants in pain seeing him that way and they were in a manic distress trying to patch up his sorrows. So our personal actions not only effect us but those around us...
Has your mother ever told you that your pain is her pain. I'm sure she has. and she does everything in her power to help you but sometimes there is nothing anyone else can do. We have to put on our big girl pants and fix it ourselves.
Wow, you two are youngest in this group yet your words convey so much wisdom! I am very proud to be your mom :-)
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