Baggage? What Baggage???
I give you this: Unless you have lived in a bubble all of you life (and sometimes even then) you are going to have some baggage that you carry around. Even the most diligent of folks - those who work hard to not live in a place of brokenness - have some baggage. A lot of times we aren't even aware it's there until it raises its ugly head and makes itself known. I am one of those diligent folks who works to not live in brokenness. I know what it is like to live there and made a decision years ago to not live in hurt, un-forgiveness, bitterness or brokenness. But in that conscience choice - the choice to "get over things" - I find that there is often times residue left behind from the root that has been removed. I found a little bit of residue recently - through some communication with a dear friend of mine. She asked me for something (which I gave her). It was my honest - said in love - opinion on something near and dear to her. After I gave her what she had a