I buried my mother 3 months ago and today would have been her 94th Birthday and it is the first time that I have not got a card, made a call or purchased a gift. I went to the cemetery and sang Happy Birthday to her, as she rests next to my father and brother.
You see, I am all alone now.
Or, Am I?!?
Hebrews 13:5-6….I will never leave you or forsake you, so we can say with confidence, The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can anyone do to me?
Do you believe this?
You Should!
Man just wants to be King of his own life and please do not interfere, for you see, I can solve my own problems. I don’t need anyone. Oh yes you do!
Is it possible to define hurt in another human being? Do we really know what is going through his or her heart right at this minute? Once the narrative starts, did we get more than we wanted to hear? Have you ever dismissed someone and said that you had another appointment when in fact you did not? Do you realize that you may have been the last person that could have helped him?
We are so caught up in our own little worlds with its responsibilities that we cannot be servants to others. We just don’t want to make the time do we.
Will we ever need someone to talk to who is impartial? Will we ever just want to reach out to someone and put our arms around him or her and just hold on? Have you ever felt that no one understood you? Have you noticed sometimes that no one really cares? Why do we look in the mirror and only see ourselves? Does your mirror ever talk back? If so, what does it say to you. Why didn’t you spend 15 more minutes at work to listen? Why didn’t you offer a fellow brother or sister a ride home?
Have you ever just given a $20.00 bill to someone who was really down and told them, “Go get you some ice cream.” Or, better yet, would you like a Starbucks?!
There is so much anger in the world today that we do not know where to begin to stop the hurts; or, do we recognize the hurt and just do not want to get involved? It is so difficult at times to withdraw from our own egos and delve into the life of another person. What makes us think that in the good times, WE, alone, are responsible for this happiness? What about our sadness? All of a sudden, we are NOT alone and NOW, and only NOW, other people enter into the picture and they are at fault.
Certainly there are things we would like to change within our lives; however, this cannot bring back the past but we can prepare for the future in another direction, another path. Proverbs 16:9…The human mind plans the way, but the Lord directs the steps.
What direction are you headed?
How can we get involved? As we become more successful, our friends change, our homes change, our cars change, our children go to different schools, we take different vacations to far off destinations, and we accumulate more blings. Guess what, the people around you are not all heading in this direction. They may have so many hurts because of your success that it is difficult to even get up in the morning. My mother had a great saying, sad but true: Some people never had a chance.
Wouldn’t you like to give a chance to someone today? Wouldn’t you like to make a difference to someone today to remove a hurt or at least make it better. Remember the Band Aid and the kisses you gave your children when they fell down? Where is this compassion when it comes to adults? When did our hearts turn away to distant places that ONLY WE SEE? When should we look for these things.
24/7!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
James 1:2-4…My brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of any kind, consider it nothing but joy because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance, and let endurance have its full effect, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking in nothing.
The full effect is how you are able to affect the hurting heart in your brother or sister.
Now, that truly is a discussion for another day.
Blessings.