I woke up tonight from a terrible dream and the dream has nothing to do with what I am about to write other then it gave me more time to reflect on my day. It gave me time to think about how I should write this down.
Life is full of ups and downs. We are very slow to share them with others because it seems that we get tired of hearing the same response about what we should do, how we should do it and the way in which we should do it. We hear that we need to have more faith or we didn't do this or that right, but have you ever thought maybe the person already knows that or has beat themselves up enough because they are already thinking that. Maybe just like other things we don't share how to fix a problem, because we don't have the answers, but we take the time to encourage them, speak truth into their lives instead of being the one to pull them down. Build up the one you have been called to help, encourage them and allow them to see the love of God through you.
This reminds me of a verse of scripture, Luke 6:31 "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." With each thing you say to yourself, how would this make me feel, with each response and take the time to reach into the persons life, not because you have to, but because that is how you would like it to be done to you.
Ok quick funny sidebar... as I lay here in my apartment in the dead of night, I can hear two things... I hear my fish tanks and someone snoring. I live in the first floor apartment and it is someone above me. It makes me laugh, I hope they aren't keeping anyone else up. :)
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