Sleep is eluding me. Why tonight? I have a lot to accomplish later this day and being rested would be considered a blessing. However, I have come to know that when this happens, I am to pray and seek the Lord in this wonderful time of silence. I am always amazed at what I am called to pray for. This mornings prayers include the following accounts.
Under my roof just now, hopefully sleeping is a beautiful, young single mom whose child is in foster care. Her heart is broken, she misses him deeply. She is alone though she has blood relations nearby. They do not want her or her child. Her stomach is bruised because her mother beat her up. She is emotionally bruised as one is when one is rejected by those who should love you. She has been trapped by some addictions and longs to be free of them. She is here as she awaits a spot in a rehab center. She has waited for this time to come since August. She is new in her faith with Jesus and so open to what He is going to do in her next journey. She is a true delight to have here.
In the next block a family mourns because of a suicide. The situation is so very sad and ugly. Evil has been unleashed and the innocents are devastated. I am blessed to see those who love God walking with the most wounded.
In a hospital nearby, a young mom has been induced to birth her stillborn baby at 4 months. Sadness upon sadness just in my tiny corner of the world.
Why of all times do I choose to write about such pain? Should I not be talking about being thankful? Why, because, we each can make the life of another person bearable if we choose to do so. If we are too busy help another person, then we are too busy. Each of us need to look around and there is always a need that you can meet.
Do you need that next Starbucks drink or could you buy a gift card(s) to a fast food place and gift a homeless person with a meal? Check in with a local food pantry to see if you can provide help or money to buy food for that person who won't be feasting at your table. Pay for the elderly person's groceries ahead of you or behind you. As you drive by a home that seems to need a repair or two, this family most likely has deeper needs, slip a grocery gift card in their mail box. If your neighborhood does not have poorer homes, drive to one and find a way to bless them! Ask a school principle if there is a family in the school that could use some help? The options are so vast and so close by.
...in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
No comments:
Post a Comment