Katie's prayer: dc Talk's "Between You and Me"

If there's to be any resolution

I've got to peel my pride away

I have a parent in my ministry that I’m pretty sure doesn’t like me too much. Her oldest is going through Confirmation with me right now. I don’t think things always went the way she wanted them to and naturally she blamed me since I’m the one that planned them that way. She has an opinion about pretty much everything I do, and the opinion is always ‘she’s right, I’m wrong.’ I honestly dread any time I know I’ll see her because I know she’ll get me caught up into an hour or two conversation of her explaining her opinions and why I’m wrong.

Today, her name was brought up. Apparently, her second oldest might come on the float trip because her best friend is coming. And it finally hit me, I knew she had more than just the one child. But if I heard so much from her dealing with just one child, imagine how much I’ll hear from her when I’m dealing with more than one child! So I wasn’t in all that great of a mood. Like 10 minutes after I get this news, I get a text. From www.echoprayer.com. Telling me to pray for her. Really God?! Really?! And now this song, and this is all I can think about. Honestly, her opinion isn’t always incorrect. Sometimes I am the one that’s wrong. Some of the things I do now, some things I’ve changed about my ministry, are because of comments she made. She doesn’t know that. She doesn’t know how helpful she’s been to my ministry, even if it’s been through not-such-nice ways. Maybe if I pulled my pride away, thanked her for her help, she might be nicer towards me.