My sweet baby girl is a magnet for testy people... people who, as Beth Moore says, test where you are in the sanctification process. She has a co-dependent personality, and her greatest thrill in life is to be needed. Unfortunately, she attracts friends no one else would put up with because they are so bossy or bitter or rebellious. I admire the way she loves them anyway. I hate the way it tears her apart to be friends with them.
She had a rough end to this week's mission trip. But by all accounts, especially from one of her teachers with whom I have been most impressed, she came forth shining like gold. And the two other girls who ganged up on her seem petty and bitter. Even when we picked her up, those two girls looked... trapped. It made me think that we choose bitterness from a very young age. It also made me feel icky to know that I come across as a bitter, offensive person to others.
I admire my daughter, and I look forward to loving on her a lot this year. It's not going to be an easy one. I pray that the Lord, in His mercy, will go before and behind and with her as she wraps up high school and looks forward to college.
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