O Father, help me not be so blind to the needs of others and to be more vulnerable. May you use a wretch like me for you great purposes and save more wretches like me according to your good and perfect will.
Learning about theology and the bible comes easy to me; learning about relationships and feelings does not. Over the past year or so I have worked on developing friendships with people as opposed to isolating myself at home. However, it seems that as I am gaining friends, I am also getting hurt more often and I tend to retreat back to isolation. I am learning that to truly be in fellowship with others necessitates vulnerability, which means sometimes I get hurt. Just today, somebody said something that made me feel like they thought I put too much emphasis on certain things—like they thought I cause divisions. Whether or not they think that, is not that relevant, because we are responsible for thinking about how we say something. Regardless, I am not mad, just hurt that they might not care as much for me as I do for them (obviously this goes much deeper than just a statement). However, as I have been reflecting on this incident and hurt feelings in general; I realized that I should be especially thankful for hurt feelings. Sometimes, I wonder whether I truly do care about others. By God allowing me to experience hurt, he has shown me that I do truly care. I do not know if others see the love of Christ in me, but it is my hope and prayer that they do. After today, I am encouraged and challenged to let myself be more vulnerable, if that means others might come to know to gracious love of Christ. What is it that I should be hurt, when others might know the love of Christ as a result? Am I not called to be like him in every way—to even feel as he feels?
O Father, help me not be so blind to the needs of others and to be more vulnerable. May you use a wretch like me for you great purposes and save more wretches like me according to your good and perfect will.
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What I write AboutMy posts are all about the Christian walk in some way or another. I do my best to make what I post worth reading, thus there are many more things that I write about but do not post. Some of my posts are my reflections on scripture or a quote, other posts are simply my testimony, and others still are letters of encouragement. I hope that you will be encouraged or challenged in your walk with Christ as a result. God Bless you, my friend.
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