"..one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus."
Philippians 3:13,14
Spent the evening with some very special friends tonight who have been through difficult times.
It seems like, sometimes the best thing you can do for someone when they are hurting, is to just be there, to simply be 'available' to walk the journey with them.
Little notes of hope, a phone call or text message can do wonders. Just reaching out, can be such an encouragement to pull them toward the light of a new day.
You really don't...have to have all the right words....but you can learn to listen with both ears...so when they speak, their words can reach your mind.
Too many times we are so worried about saying the right things and what others will say, that we end up saying nothing and avoiding the very ones we have been called to love.
It is time to lay down all the excuses. Recapture the friendships that you once held dear.
Forget what lies behind!!!
It is a deliberate effort to strain ('to make a strenuous or unusually great effort') toward the future and press toward the goal....
It is really not about us...the end goal is the prize of heaven....
A heaven filled with our Ultimate Love and with these very ones who walked this earth along side us.
Let's make it a point to forget the things that no longer matter, reach out to the ones who need us so dearly, and press on toward the prize.....
Make it a point to leave no friend behind....
As we strain towards the future, 'strenuous or unusually great effort', will be required.
We are called on this journey together.
Remember..."Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it" Isaiah 30:21
Philippians 3:13,14
Spent the evening with some very special friends tonight who have been through difficult times.
It seems like, sometimes the best thing you can do for someone when they are hurting, is to just be there, to simply be 'available' to walk the journey with them.
Little notes of hope, a phone call or text message can do wonders. Just reaching out, can be such an encouragement to pull them toward the light of a new day.
You really don't...have to have all the right words....but you can learn to listen with both ears...so when they speak, their words can reach your mind.
Too many times we are so worried about saying the right things and what others will say, that we end up saying nothing and avoiding the very ones we have been called to love.
It is time to lay down all the excuses. Recapture the friendships that you once held dear.
Forget what lies behind!!!
It is a deliberate effort to strain ('to make a strenuous or unusually great effort') toward the future and press toward the goal....
It is really not about us...the end goal is the prize of heaven....
A heaven filled with our Ultimate Love and with these very ones who walked this earth along side us.
Let's make it a point to forget the things that no longer matter, reach out to the ones who need us so dearly, and press on toward the prize.....
Make it a point to leave no friend behind....
As we strain towards the future, 'strenuous or unusually great effort', will be required.
We are called on this journey together.
Remember..."Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it" Isaiah 30:21
Nice post.
ReplyDeleteThanks Denise...you have the gift of encouragement..
ReplyDeleteYour posts always make people think and they are an inspiration to me. I love you my dear sister, keep writing and I will keep reading and send them on and hope it touches hearts of other people as they do me.
ReplyDeleteThanks Mary...your words are priceless..I appreciate you so much...Love you!!
DeleteSally Ann,
ReplyDeleteI heard a great quote the other day that your post reminded me of. "A conversation begins when the first person listens." I have to remember that there's more to a conversation than just words. . . I'm visiting from Be Not Weary today and glad I did :)
Hello Lori,
DeleteJust figured out how to follow your blog..I love the encouragement you are blessed to bring..
Sally
Lori,
ReplyDeleteI am glad you stopped by...thanks for you very kind words...please feel free to follow, if you like...and leave me your blogsite...
God Bless you...Sally