Eggshells

Luke 11:53-54  As he went away from there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him hard, and to provoke him to speak of many things, lying in wait for him, to catch at something he might say.


Have you ever felt like someone was examining every word and just looking for the an opportunity to pounce on anything you said? I can relate to that for sure. That old saying when you get the feeling your walking on eggshells. That feeling like the ground beneath you is fragile and danger is everywhere. Marsha loved me more than any other person in my lifetime, but at times I was walking on eggshells in my house. I could feel it in the air sometimes like I haven't done anything yet but she is looking for something today. 


I felt thta way at times in my church ministry. I would be with a couple with marital issues and feel like I was just backed into a no min corner where no matter what I say it is a trap. The reality is we are, like Jesus, meant to face those situations with honesty and integrity no matter what the trap. We can lose ourselves in fear of everyone else's reaction to what we say or do. I have two goals that I probably will never be able to completely achieve. First I need to be myself not the person everyone else thinks I should be. Second I need to be the real me, the one God created me to be, the one more like Jesus, the one who hears his word and keeps it. At my best, no eggshells for me.