Acceptance as is!

Acceptance as is!

I will tell you a story that was told to me about two sisters, many years ago.

Their mother and father died from illnesses when they were young,

And during their illness, over many years,

The older sister had stayed home from school

And took care of them both and did not complete her education.

After both parents passed away

The court allowed the older sister to continue to raise the younger sister.

She worked hard and when it came time, she put the younger sister through college.

After completing her college education the younger sister was married,

And they moved away to another state far away.

The older sister also married and had another family to raise.

She never had the time or the money to continue and finish her education.

Well one day the older sister made time and wrote a letter to her younger sister.

After receiving her letter the younger sister sent it back,

All neatly corrected,

Marking the misspelled words along with the grammar errors with a red correcting pencil.

Well needless to say, they never communicated again.

The older sister, because she received back a letter, sent and written in love, corrected,

Now ashamed for her lack of education,

And hurt deep within, because she had given so much of her life to her younger sister,

And all she received in return for those years of time spent was the shame felt within her now.

The younger sister, she was hurt 

Because she never received a response back from her older sister,

For the time she had spent to help her older sister in her education, by correcting her writing errors.

We all must remember, it is always better to write sense with grammatical errors,

Than to write non-sense grammatically correct.

Just watch television one or two nights a week,

And view what they write or read the newspaper and view the world in their light.

God does not have a red correcting pencil - that He uses daily to correct us

So we will become a writer like Jefferson or Madison.

He just wants us to communicate with one another, for it makes us draw closer.

A conversation at church or work, a wave, a smile as you pass someone.

It could even be a short note, call, or card by and from the "heart",

To say you have meaning,

And by doing, you communicate they have meaning and value in your life.

It should never be phony.

We all should be making sure that those in our Community,

Who have the greatest need, receive a Triple Portion of kindness and care.

The hole is always darkest at the bottom,

And to change or complete any type work day or night you need light.

Christ, gave all from the "Heart" to communicate

That we have meaning and value with God the Creator,

And He awaits the completion of our journey to His destination on our final day.

Lord, thank You, for Your Unconditional Love for me, with acceptance as is,

Martin Lee Vance

9/9/2009