Hey everyone, it's been a huge span of time between the last blog post I've made and the one I'm currently writing right now. Sorry about that, I've been real distracted lately and I've had other problems to deal with, but they should hopefully soon resolve back to normal. Either way, I'm going to try and enjoy my life with God, one step at a time.
It's real tough carrying the burden of your closest friends as well as keeping the weight of dark secrets they entrust you not to tell anyone. Under no circumstances have I honestly told anyone things I wasn't allowed to tell. But I find myself listening to the problems of my closest friends and other aquaintances and I enjoy helping them get stuff off their chest. Given I might have to deal with all the sadness and depression afterwards, it gives me great joy to be the great listener I am and carry that sadness and hurt and pain away from those who tell me their situation. In return, I don't tell a living soul about what I've been told, and I often pray for those who need it, or believe they don't. I always worry for people I know in my life that haven't accepted Christ as their Savior. I know God will show them the way one day, and that gives me hope to look forward to a better future. I always try to be as selfless as I can with my friends. If they don't wish to tell me what's wrong and I feel so desperate to help them, I have to respect their wishes and just have faith in God. All of this and carrying the burden of all the pain and sorrow; it can get to be a real tough damper on my life. I'd be lying if I said I've never let the sadness win at times, but I'd also be lying if I said it controlled my entire life.
It seems like the beginning of last month these two verses have been something to reflect on when in doubt of anything. "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, do not lean on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him and He will make your paths straight."-Proverbs 3:5-6 Basically, this is saying that no matter the circumstance or the depression or hurt your going through in your life, trust in God and He will surely take care of whatever is bothering you. Quickly? Not necessarily, and not always, but given enough time, things will change for the better. These past two weeks I've been begging God to help so many people and myself as well. He's improved some situations dramatically and in other situations, I must continue to be patient for my other friends must also resort to God for their problems. This is all I can do unfortunately, and even if I don't like it, it's the honest truth. This is for you, my depressed and exasperated friends. I will keep praying for you no matter what happens.
There have been times where I have not helped others out because I have either had something against them, I strongly disliked them, or I just wasn't willing to help those who had been strongly rejected by society. How rude and incosiderate I have been! I promote the idea of loving and giving compassion to everyone whom I meet and I go and be a hypocrite behind other's backs. How can I expect to be helpful to everyone who needs God in their lives when I wasn't willing to give everybody a fair chance at leading them on the right path? There's no excuse for my rude behavior in the past and there's no excuse for anything that I hold against people. The point in case is to not be judgmental about people even through their usual mannerisms and behaviors. "For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you."-Matthew 7:2
If in fact we deny people the right to become right with God or deny people the right to be on good terms with one another based on our first impressions or ridiculous rumours that aren't true, we ourselves are not acting like Jesus did. Jesus would not have cast off one of his friends for lying to him about one thing sparked by a simple misunderstanding. Jesus would not shun the people who are rejects of society or not forgive those who have committed sins beyond our comprehension. Jesus would not have spread rumours about somebody behind their back just to act cool and make a false name for Himself. No, Jesus cared for everyone. Whether it was his closest friends or even the lowliest people regarded as "trash of soceity", he didn't mind and he treated them all with compassion and forgivness. And because of our human qualities, it's understandable that this is one of the most difficult things to achieve in one's lifetime. I do strive to be less judgmental even though it's been ingrained into my brain for years of my childhood. The past and what we have learned that makes up our personalities and identities during the years of our maturation can have the deepest impact of our entire lives. Please don't push someone to do something rash and unnecessary as you'll learn to regret it. Nobody wins in that type of situation. For all those who just need someone to talk to or an ear to have for somebody to listen, I'll be here. Whether you like me or not, the offer's always here, and if I shrug you off unintentionally, remind me of what I said today.
Strive to be more like Jesus. Make yourself selfless and help others before helping yourself. Trust in God to take care of your life and he will provide for you. I'm just the messenger, and God's the one to take all the credit. I encourage everyone to pray and thank God for all the wonderful blessings He's put in our lives to make them more convienient. Without all the wonderful blessings we have, who knows where we would be right now. There is always someone doing worse than you out there, so pray for them. God will help you if you just have faith!
Thank you for reading this, and good night!
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