Sometimes, I have a “lightbulb”
moment, and I begin to see things a little more clearly. Tonight as we were sitting at the table
having a sub sandwich and soda, my children and I were talking about church. My son said, “I don’t like that they put so
many church services on the television and internet because then people feel
like they don’t have to go to church.”
My daughter, who loves to debate, said, “they can go to church without
getting too close to people.” As my
daughter said this, the light bulb kicked on.
How can I help and encourage people if I’m at a distance? I can’t.
Sometimes, at work, in my neighborhood, in my circles I have found that
we often fail to get close enough to people to help them. If I was walking across the road and fell, in
order to help me you would need to come to where I was. You would need to come beside me. It’s why Christians need to meet with other
Christians too. We need the
encouragement that they can offer. The
world can wear us down and by Sunday we need someone to come along side of us
and tell us it’s going to be fine.
Sometimes we just need the friendly hug or a smile because all we see
all week is frowns from people with many cares, cares that we can only carry to
God for them. Somehow meeting with God’s
family on Sunday can destressing they rest of the week. Just knowing that someone has our back, and
they are not looking for a bus to throw us under make a HUGE difference. The rest of the week,
we’ll be ready to get close to those around us because we got close to God and
our “God family” first.
To the one we are an aroma that brings death; to the other, an aroma that brings life. 2Corinthians 2:16 Last break! The shift was almost over. Then the unthinkable happened, this man appeared out of nowhere wanting to know where the flashlights were kept. As we were on our way to the flashlights, I noticed that this man had a very strong odor. I thought perhaps I could get in front of him so that the smell would not be as strong. That, however, was not to be either since; he insisted on keeping pace and walking right beside me. By the time we got to where the flashlights were; I was practically running just to keep ahead of him. I showed him the flashlights and made a hasty exit. If you’re like me, you shower and even put on perfume or cologne so that you will not stink. We are concerned that the smell coming from our body is not offensive to others. As I write this, I wonder if we are as concerned with our spiritual aroma as ...
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