So today my brother who is 4 years older than me, told me I sound old. There was a time that I might have been bothered by that, but not today. Now I actually take it as a complement that I no longer sound like an ignorant kid when I talk. Of course this is the same brother who was recently shocked at the way I talk now verses the was I used to talk. Why is that? Why do people in and around our lives have such a hard time when we change? I mean after all that is what God does, He changes us. And for some reason we always seem to have people in and around our lives who can't or won't understand, or accept it. But I say as I tell my children, only you can decide what kind of person you are going to be. No one else can make that choice for us. I often see or hear people talking as if being a good person is burdensome. There was a time when I was one of those people, but look at it like this. What if someone needing help is your loved one and you are not around? I would hope that someone would help my loved one simply because it's the right thing to do, and so I do the same not knowing who's loved one it may be. I then am blessed by the doing simply because I do without expectation. What if Jesus had said NO, I will not heal you, help you, guide you, unless I get something in return? He gave us everything, He sacrificed His very life for US and received nothing in return. We are called to be Christ like. So, what did Christ do? He did more for others than He did for Himself.
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