If Christ reached out to you, would you reach back?

     Good morning and happy Wednesday, 62 degrees, breezy, sunshine, no clouds, blue skies, coffee in hand, birds singing, loving life....you might think I would get tired of writing pretty much the same words each morning, that I might begin to take for granted the similar words that I write daily, that I might begin not to add them to my writings as they repeat, repeat, repeat! But each morning when I awake, each morning when I collect my things from inside and find my place on the porch, I look around, I listen, I smell, and I appreciate another beautiful day I get to witness! Many times my posts here are much alike, I do not go by a lesson plan, I do not go in any order, I go with what God impresses upon my heart, what he needs me to chat about so that someone in need might come across my words and feel his spirit in them. I do not pre-write these messages, each morning when I sit down and begin my morning conversation with him, I ask him to show me what I can do to honor him this day, what I can say to bless someone that is in need this day...in reading the feedback from my posts, he is answering me, he is getting through,  so I will keep on repeating as long as there is need for someone to read it! I sit, I look, I listen, I smell and I love it!
     This morning I was sitting here in deep conversation with God, saying my usual morning prayers, lifting those who have come with special requests of prayer, asking God to once again lead me through this day and to lay in my path someone that is in need. I felt his love running through me, and I felt peace and calm! In sitting there I had the thought of "heartbreak" and "empathy" come into my mind...HEARTBREAK???? EMPATHY???? I never question what comes to mind, I sit in his quietness as I know he will show me what I am missing. I sat there and rested my mind, I sat there and tried to hear what part of heartbreak and empathy he was needing me to feel and to share...I have several friends who have suffered loss of a parent, a sibling a spouse,  some have been married for 25 plus years, some less but the pain always seems to be the same for them, I have friends who have lost children, either to illness, accident, war...no matter the way the loss occured the pain in each of them the same...I have friends who are going through divorce, knowing that it is the right way but still seeing them struggle with the pain of it, I have friends who struggle each day with heartbreak and I see so many in need of empathy from others but not receiving it...At first when the initial loss occurs so many rally around to offer love and support...but as time goes by the visits and the calls become less, the memory of the loss for them becomes smaller and soon we are going about our busy days, moving on to the next tragedy, not realizing they are still hurting, they are still struggling, they are the ones that are still alone...they get up every morning only to realize it was not a bad dream, it is reality and as the world continues to spin, their world has a broken spoke that cannot be replace, that can only be mended to be made usable, but cannot be brought back to its original condition! We move forward but they seem to think that they are stuck in time, that they cannot! Today I ask you to join me in making contact with someone who has suffered loss, who you rallied around at the time of loss. Check to see if they are okay, offer special prayer in their name for peace and understanding, let them know that you still care, that you still understand that they are hurting, that even though they are putting on "the happy mask" that the pain is still with them. Let them know that you care! Life continues and so many who have encountered loss seem to be in limbo...they appear to be "handling" it but in reality cry themselves to sleep at night, have bouts of anger during the day, are reminded by simple things and their worlds come crashing down on them again! It may be a week, a month or several years and we think they are fine, they no longer need us, they have moved forward..but have they??? Today I pray that something will spark a memory for you of the moment when you first heard the news, today I pray that someone will be on your heart that is still in need of your words and your comfort. I pray that you will take the prompting and make contact if only to say...I am thinking of you, I love you, I care..."how are you, no really, HOW ARE YOU! Someone is in great need of your love and empathy today, go the extra mile to make contact! God is love, he provides us our needs each and every day, he provides us a beautiful path to walk hand in hand with him, we waiver and get off into the rough at times, but with our faith we can get back on...some feel lost and alone and have wondered far off into the woods, I think we should all be helpmates this day and offer ourselves to be like his hands today, reach out and help them get back on track! Don't ignore the situation, God does not ignore us. Love to each of you, may this day be an eye opener and may Christ's light shine through you and you make the difference!


Jesus teaches us to empathize with others by His Own loving example.
  • Isaiah 53:4a Surely He hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem Him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
  • Matthew 9:36 But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.
  • Matthew 8:16,17 When the even was come, they brought unto Him many that were possessed with devils: and He cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick: 17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.
  • Matthew 14:14 And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and He healed their sick.
  • Mark 1:41 [Jesus healed the leper:] And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth His hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean.
  • Mark 8:2 I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with Me three days, and have nothing to eat.
  • John 11:33-35 [Jesus was summoned by Martha and Mary to raise up Lazarus, their dead brother.] When Jesus therefore saw [Mary] weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, He groaned in the Spirit, and was troubled, 34 And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto Him, Lord, come and see. 35 Jesus wept. [Then Jesus prayed, and Lazarus, who had been dead four days, miraculously arose from the dead.]
  • 2 Corinthians 8:9 For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that ye through His poverty might be rich.

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