He breaks His heart to get our attention, sometimes
I stared at the news flash on my computer screen Friday morning. I remember thinking, the timing couldn't have been worse. Christmas will not be merry. Those kids could very well have been mine, Adam Lanza too.
I picked my kids up that afternoon and hugged them tighter.
It is easy to worry about their safety at the daycare and school. I pray for them constantly to avoid going kuku.
This country is so big, there are vast numbers of people facing troubling issues of one kind or another. It is a "lonely society" - that doesn't help. The man across the road, the neighbor 2 blocks down, the woman in the grocery store.What do they do? What are they thinking? Do they have family? What trials are they facing? The official response is "I don't know and frankly, I don't care. I've got issues of my own".
We need to reach out, to break down the barriers and remold the culture. God is calling us as believers to cross that line. He is calling us to care enough to ask. Every one needs compassion, the kindness of a savior, someone to show genuine concern. Mental and psychological issues don't always stem from "medical diagnosis", it might be loneliness, self loathing or rejection, which can be remedied through a Jesus culture; a hug, a note to say "I love you", "I'm thinking about you".
Perhaps if we stopped for just a while, gave a smile, looked people in the eye, showed more interest in others, then we would experience Jesus. We would find true joy in living. Shades of grey would turn to color. The emptiness inside of us would be filled with Jesus the bread of life, the living water, the lover of our souls. He is the reason for the Christmas season and sometimes He has to break His heart and ours to get our attention.
I pray for the families.
I pray for the children who witnessed friends lives shredded right before their eyes - innocence slashed.
I pray for this nation, that we would live for what really matters. That the laws would be altered to focus on life as God intended it without selfish agendas.
That we would ...
"Think of yourselves the way Christ Jesus thought of himself. He had equal status with God but didn’t think so much of himself that he had to cling to the advantages of that status no matter what. Not at all. When the time came, he set aside the privileges of deity and took on the status of a slave, became human! Having become human, he stayed human. It was an incredibly humbling process. He didn’t claim special privileges. Instead, he lived a selfless, obedient life and then died a selfless, obedient death—and the worst kind of death at that—a crucifixion".
Philippians 2: 5-7
And all this to buy my pardon, to buy your pardon, to buy our pardon. It wasn't about Him, it was all about us.
Help us to see you, God give us your eyes. Heal the hurt and draw us closer to you forever.
I picked my kids up that afternoon and hugged them tighter.
It is easy to worry about their safety at the daycare and school. I pray for them constantly to avoid going kuku.
This country is so big, there are vast numbers of people facing troubling issues of one kind or another. It is a "lonely society" - that doesn't help. The man across the road, the neighbor 2 blocks down, the woman in the grocery store.What do they do? What are they thinking? Do they have family? What trials are they facing? The official response is "I don't know and frankly, I don't care. I've got issues of my own".
We need to reach out, to break down the barriers and remold the culture. God is calling us as believers to cross that line. He is calling us to care enough to ask. Every one needs compassion, the kindness of a savior, someone to show genuine concern. Mental and psychological issues don't always stem from "medical diagnosis", it might be loneliness, self loathing or rejection, which can be remedied through a Jesus culture; a hug, a note to say "I love you", "I'm thinking about you".
Perhaps if we stopped for just a while, gave a smile, looked people in the eye, showed more interest in others, then we would experience Jesus. We would find true joy in living. Shades of grey would turn to color. The emptiness inside of us would be filled with Jesus the bread of life, the living water, the lover of our souls. He is the reason for the Christmas season and sometimes He has to break His heart and ours to get our attention.
I pray for the families.
I pray for the children who witnessed friends lives shredded right before their eyes - innocence slashed.
I pray for this nation, that we would live for what really matters. That the laws would be altered to focus on life as God intended it without selfish agendas.
That we would ...
"Think of yourselves the way Christ Jesus thought of himself. He had equal status with God but didn’t think so much of himself that he had to cling to the advantages of that status no matter what. Not at all. When the time came, he set aside the privileges of deity and took on the status of a slave, became human! Having become human, he stayed human. It was an incredibly humbling process. He didn’t claim special privileges. Instead, he lived a selfless, obedient life and then died a selfless, obedient death—and the worst kind of death at that—a crucifixion".
Philippians 2: 5-7
And all this to buy my pardon, to buy your pardon, to buy our pardon. It wasn't about Him, it was all about us.
Help us to see you, God give us your eyes. Heal the hurt and draw us closer to you forever.
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