Am thinking about my life right now and I just feel like I'm a cup that's been filled up right to the top - spilling over with a sense of God's faithfulness. Since leading us to Slave Lake God has opened some amazing doors in our lives and I can see how He has blessed us so clearly - with relationships, and opportunities but also how He has put people in my life that need someone to reach out to them, to be there for them, to help them out, that listen. When you ask God to open your eyes to see people the way He sees them - don't take it lightly. It's a weighty thing to ask and it's exhausting.
So many people are broken and hurting and struggling to see how God is present in their lives because of their pain and when you commit to following Jesus, you are committing to be His hands and feet - to be a tangible sense of God's comfort in someone's life. It is hard at times and overwhelming but when you are grounded and understand what it means to give stuff back to Him He gives you what you need to be able to do what He asks of you. Pray about it when you don't know what to do, or what to say, or how to speak into someone's life, ask for strength when you don't have any left for that person that needs someone to lean on, ALWAYS point people in God's direction because it's NOT you that doing it, it's God working through you and if you try to take credit you will also shoulder the weight of other peoples' pain which no person can handle.
What I'm saying is - when you give your life to God and choose to follow His direction - incredible things happen that you could not imagine. The kinds of people God will introduce you to, the opportunities that spring up to encourage people and be a source of comfort in their lives - I honestly can't think of anything more fulfilling. When we fixate on our issues our problems and go over and over them in our minds, we can drown in that self-absorbed state and not see the amazing things in front of us.
We always have the ability to build someone up, to call out the amazing qualities in our friends, to inspire other people - regardless of your situation you have this ability. It's a journey to discover it and ask God to show you how to let it unfold and it's a crazy wild adventure. Am so incredibly thankful. (If this inspires you, please do something about it, don't just read it and then scroll down to the next random status - ask God how you can encourage someone today that really needs it and look for that opportunity to surface and then take it! And then share it! And challenge others to do the same)
So many people are broken and hurting and struggling to see how God is present in their lives because of their pain and when you commit to following Jesus, you are committing to be His hands and feet - to be a tangible sense of God's comfort in someone's life. It is hard at times and overwhelming but when you are grounded and understand what it means to give stuff back to Him He gives you what you need to be able to do what He asks of you. Pray about it when you don't know what to do, or what to say, or how to speak into someone's life, ask for strength when you don't have any left for that person that needs someone to lean on, ALWAYS point people in God's direction because it's NOT you that doing it, it's God working through you and if you try to take credit you will also shoulder the weight of other peoples' pain which no person can handle.
What I'm saying is - when you give your life to God and choose to follow His direction - incredible things happen that you could not imagine. The kinds of people God will introduce you to, the opportunities that spring up to encourage people and be a source of comfort in their lives - I honestly can't think of anything more fulfilling. When we fixate on our issues our problems and go over and over them in our minds, we can drown in that self-absorbed state and not see the amazing things in front of us.
We always have the ability to build someone up, to call out the amazing qualities in our friends, to inspire other people - regardless of your situation you have this ability. It's a journey to discover it and ask God to show you how to let it unfold and it's a crazy wild adventure. Am so incredibly thankful. (If this inspires you, please do something about it, don't just read it and then scroll down to the next random status - ask God how you can encourage someone today that really needs it and look for that opportunity to surface and then take it! And then share it! And challenge others to do the same)
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