Whew! Today I will be taking some of my own advice and taking some time off for myself. Well, not really all for myself as I have some work to do, but I plan to spend a lot of time napping. I'm noticing that lately I'm short tempered, grouchy, easily irritable, and whatever else one can use to describe someone you really don't want to be around. In other words I haven't been a good friend to those around me or to myself.
That realization is what prompted me to stay home and do my work and get as much rest as I can. Somehow, though, even in my grouchiness I was still called on to be a friend yesterday. mot once, not twice, but three times. It took everything I had to give myself to listening with honest and true compassion. And that's exactly what I did. Anything less than that would not have been fair to those who wanted to share their life to myself, or to God.
Maybe that's what Jesus meant when he says there is no greater friend than one who gives his life for another. No matter how tired we get, no matter what our personal circumstances are, if we are needed to be with someone that needs to be with us then that's where we need to be. And if this takes a personal sacrifice of some kind, then so be it. I'll always have opportunities to rest and recollect myself. I won't always have opportunities to help someone deal with the pain they're going through.
So, next time you're feeling a little tired, stressed out from everything you have to do just remember that God will always give you the strength you need to take just one more step. Take it, it'll bring you that much closer to someone who needs you.
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