Meet Passenger #2- A Family Member

Passenger #2 – A Family Member

Look around carefully.  Are you sure no one from your family is in the group?  Well, we do know two things—everyone on board is a family member, if not in your family, and this passenger might certainly represent someone in your own family once you hear the story.

Passenger #2 struggles with “fitting in” at family gatherings.  She never quite was accepted by her in-laws.  Even though there are big Sunday dinners and she does her part in preparing the meal, the conversations seem to flow in other directions.  She is a good mother but is just perceived as odd---not one of good stock.  In her bio she commented about being lonely and having to swallow a lot of comments.  Her biggest fear is the effect this strained relationship can have on her own daughter.  She would fix the problem within herself if she knew what it was. 

 

Like Passenger #2, some people have unique personality traits, appearances, and backgrounds that separate rather than unite them to others.  Often times, these obstacles are a part of the fabric of their creation and not something they physically and intentionally created themselves.  Yes, we are who we are!  The question is---who has the problem?  I dare suggest that it is in the hearts of those who reject her and those who” pretend” to accept her.  We are all guilty of that sin from time to time.  It troubles our passenger but it also troubles God that we question His creation and actually sink to the level of rejecting His work.

Our friend loves God and loves people.  She prays for Him to reveal what she can do to earn this acceptance that she so dearly desires.  She waits patiently, but has not heard His response yet.  In the meantime, she carries a hole in her heart and looks for ways to ensure that her daughter is not affected by the relationship.

Guiding Questions for comments: (Feel free to share anything of comfort each day)

1.       What message did Passenger #2 reveal to you about yourself and others? 

2.       She says she has not heard answers from God.  What is He doing to answer her prayers?