by Ricky Doc Sauceda
Esther 7:6 - Esther said, "An adversary and enemy!
Growing up I had a wonderful mother and she loved me. She instructed me to be a good person. I understood that teaching and did my best to be that child for her. I had three sisters as well. Two were co-existent and I was in harmony with them. Little did I know that one of them was my enemy for life.
I had no idea of the extent of wrong that this person was capable of. We lived in north Houston when we first moved away from Raymondville (in Texas). In the first of two homes there, I would encounter the inception of my sister's ugly ways. I was not prepared for them then and am not to this day. Daddy came home one day and handed money to my two older sisters. They were so happy and Momma came over and took up the money saying,"I will hold this for you. When you want something, I'll help you use it." That seemed okay with me and I thought to them. He gave my little sister something and to me as well.
To me, Daddy gave a gold ring with a ruby setting. I thought it looked really nice. I put it on and walked around looking at it. I made my way outside and was in my driveway. In the driveway was my second sister, sitting on her bike and facing me. She was huffing (breathing hard), looked very angry and was staring at me in an unnatural way. In a split second she hit me in the forehead with a medium sized rock. It hurt and I was in bad pain. She wasn't through yet either. She then ran me down with her bike. She climbed on top of me and pinned me down. She muttered about being the only one that deserved a beautiful ring from Daddy. She took it off of my finger and walked away.
It was something that I never told my parents about. She threatened me not to. I did not know what she did with the ring. She has been this way all of my life.
As she grew older, she developed more selfish ways and displayed more ugly ways. She once slashed her arm with a pair of scissors and went screaming from her upstairs room to find Momma in our home in Cut-n-Shoot. She claimed that my little sister had done it.
After a while, she admitted that my little sister was innocent. Momma reasoned that she would have done harm to my little sister if she had indeed cut her. My second sister is cruel and always thinking of ways to do bad things.
Last week in the hospital, we had a bit of an argument. I will not unblock her for the purpose of adding her to my social network account. I had done so before but she started fighting with me online. I will not be embarrassed by her any longer and will not tolerate her ugly ways.
When Momma passed away ten years ago, I was relieved for her. I told that to my three children. I said that Momma couldn't be hurt anymore and could now be safe and rest.
I wanted to share about this because I needed to. I need for you to know that it is okay to distance yourself from anyone that will harm you or cause you pain. Don't allow yourself to be victimized in any way.
God will handle the culprits of our lives. If not here, on the day of judgement. The Lord says to forgive and to pray for our enemies.
I do. Amen.