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Jan. 20, 2008
My Hedge of Thorns
I am sure that my couple of regular readers will have noticed that I did not finish my posts on the HSB Literary Book Club "Hedge Of Thorns". It was not that I did not read it. It was more that life got so busy that I was not able to form sentences much less expound on my personal reading. I wanted to take a moment and share my thoughts.
As per the title, "Hedge Of Thorns" was about just that. The hedge that is placed around a young man for his protection. Rather than going any deeper into the description of the book, I wanted to share MY hedge of thorns. I feel like God has laid this on my heart, so I need to type about it.
When I was a child, my parents were quite protective of me. If you had asked me at the time, being the peer-dependent spoiled child that I was, I would have said over-protective. Mind you, from the eyes of a child who is ignorant, nothing looks as it truly is. I did not get to do the things that the other kids did. My mom limited my time with children and families who were "questionable".
At the time, I had no ability to stand up for myself or to speak my mind. I did not know what I thought was important other than being accepted. I wanted to be liked so would do try to push my mom to let me do what I wanted to do. She did not fall for it, praise God.
I look back now and see that protective action by my mother as my hedge of thorns. Trust me, it was thorns because I bristled against it constantly. Grade school was not a pleasant time to be around me, just ask my mom. That hedge was put there for my safety and preservation by my Lord. The statistics which came out of the class I was in are not pretty. I had a very small class. Of the class members, three where pregnant before their senior year, at least one was in jail for grand theft auto, one died in a drug-related plane crash, and several have fallen out of sight.
Bad company corrupts. How easily that could have been me. I praise God for His grace. I thank God for my parents and my hedge.
I encourage you to read this book, if you have not already. It will move you in a way you may not expect. Maybe you have a hedge YOU have never thought about. |
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Jan. 23, 2008 - Untitled Comment
What you wrote really encouraged me to keep on being diligent. Thanks! Holly