Relationship Restored

I will never forget the many times my mom told us that we looked like "cats & dogs” because my sister and I did nothing but fight 🫣.

Sort of like Rachel and her sister 😆 , hmmmm no not really, it was way worse! Seriously,

I don't even know how we managed to share a room for so many years since we couldn’t stand each other. 

My sister would attest that our relationship was beyond broken.  For my part, I longed to have a good relationship with her and even admired her.  She doesn't know it but I wanted to be like her; I even grabbed her clothes to look like her (which by the way was also the cause of many of our fights 🤭) and the truth is that I didn't know how to get along with her.  I felt like I had to guess what what mood she was in and hoped she was in a good ones so I could talk to her.

As grown woman, there was a time we even stopped talking for a long time - It not only hurt us both, but it also hurt our family.  Those were very difficult times.

When Jesus renewed my heart, he also renewed my relationship with my sister.  I remember that I always prayed for her - and for us, but it was not one of those prayers that God answers right away.  It took a long time, but when he did it, it was supernatural.

If you know us, you can testify to our history - who we were and who we are now, completely made new!

A lot of people will shrug their shoulders and say “that was a coincidence” but if it was a coincidence how come her and I can go a whole weekend without fighting when we couldn't spend two hours without fighting before?

How come I miss her when we don't talk, when I used to avoid talking to her so we would not fight?

Friend, those are not coincidences! Not when the enemy had such a stronghold in our relationship. Besides, that is something you feel, not only seen.  I have seen not only the change in me, but the change in her.  Since she also restored her relationship with God, her entire life aligned in a shocking way and beautiful way!

🔹 She found her other half; 

🔹 She got a job that makes her very happy; 

🔹 She smiles,

🔹 She listens,

🔹 She has a completely new perspective not only with me but with those around her.

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Do you know that I had already given up hope in us? I had already said

"She is never going to change"

and those around me would say the same.

but you know what?  The one who had to change was me! I kept believing the lie of the enemy that "she" was proud but God in one of our encounters revealed to me that I had been arrogant and was not loving my sister as she deserved, as she needed...

“God denounces her actions and the arrogance of his sin.”  - Job 36:9 NIV

Friend, don't wait for the OTHER person to change;  It's YOU who has to change and you can't do it alone.  You need to take Jesus by the hand because He is your strength and your truth.  Let Him solve your problems and you will see the fruit of him restore your relationship.

1 John 5:5 says,

"Who is he who overcomes the world but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?"

Your faith is the best tool to defeat the pain and the lies that the enemy uses to distract you and distance you not only from the people you love but also from God our Father. 

Cheer up!  Do not lose hope!  Yesterday I read a post that said “if God can create the world in 6 days, he can also restore a heart in one”.

Shalom ✌🏽

María