Parker Inspirations

Through the age’s walls have been built for protection from the enemy. Why do people build walls in their life? It is a natural defense set up to protect them from the enemy. However, sometimes those walls don’t just keep out the enemy, they also keep out the good things in their life from getting in.

Sometimes when we are hurt, we build walls so high that we are blocking the blessings from flowing the way God wants them to. It is not until a wall gets knocked down, do we see what we have blocked out. Maybe it is a true friend who, with compassion, tells you the truth. Through that compassion we can see the high wall we have built. That same compassion can help tear down the wall.

Identifying the walls that need to be torn down comes from fervent prayer. Sometimes we need others during those difficult times  to help us see where we need to go.  I have to remember that what others see on the outside is a wall that hides the inside. It is scaring allowing others in. It is easier to keep building the wall and not look at what we need to see. It is harder to break it down. When we see the truth, we need to work at removing the wall and allow healing to begin.

I don’t always allow others into my world because I do not like being criticized. Sometimes, criticism feels like they are attaching me, not trying to help me. That is the time that I start building. I build up a lot of anger toward people that I feel are attacking me. When I feel like they are my judge and jury, that anger builds walls. I keep that anger when I don’t see a solution and I feel like everything is just crashing around me.

The right criticism can be helpful to identify our flaws. When someone comes to me with a compassionate heart it is so much easier to take and correct.  When they give me a solution, pray with me and encourage me through it. That is a sign of a true friend.

I am just a sinner saved by Grace. I am not perfect, I make mistakes. I would really appreciate it  if someone came to me when something happens the first time. I hate it when something happens and they say, “this always happens”. Before it happens multiple times, it should be brought up the first time, not when it happens again, and again. If you put a patch on something it does not fix it the way, it would if you did it right the first time.

Today is a day of reflection for me to help me to not build another wall.