I’ve been reminded A LOT lately that the greatest commandment is to LOVE OTHERS!
From the scriptures that I’ve been reading in my quiet times to the sermon that our rockin’ pastor, Jonathan Bow, preached on Sunday – this life is all about loving others! Friends, that’s the GREATEST commandment of ALL!
It's so easy to love people we like… the people that we “choose” to have in our lives: friends, family and coworkers! But man, ohhhh man, is it hard some times to love (BIBLICALLY LOVE!) the “unlovelys”…
From the scriptures that I’ve been reading in my quiet times to the sermon that our rockin’ pastor, Jonathan Bow, preached on Sunday – this life is all about loving others! Friends, that’s the GREATEST commandment of ALL!
It's so easy to love people we like… the people that we “choose” to have in our lives: friends, family and coworkers! But man, ohhhh man, is it hard some times to love (BIBLICALLY LOVE!) the “unlovelys”…
Lately, God has steadily reminded me that loving others regardless of “like” or “dislike” is imparative to staying in His will for my life.
On my drive to work every day I’ve been asking God that I’ll be a blessing to someone - even in just a small way. Some times I know when I’ve been a blessing and other times I don’t – but I've been praying about it intentionally b/c I want to be in the Will of God – every day! And being in His will brings peace and this PEACE gig is realllllly nice! I’m hopeful that I’ll stay in this place of PEACE for a longggg time – but this requires action on my part!!
Being a blessing is a choice and it doesn’t take something BIG to be considered a “blessing”! It takes answering the phone with a smile, it means saying Thank you, leaving a bigger tip (even if the service wasn’t that great!), sending a note to a grandparent that you haven’t talked to in a while (thats my Poppa Stanley above - he will be 87 in April!), or just “pre-setting the coffee pot” for the husband that usually does it for you!! Being a blessing even means going the extra few steps and putting the shopping cart IN the designated “RETURN SHOPPING CART HERE” station! Notes of encouragement, an unsolicited hug, complimenting a stranger, or simply bringing your neighbors trash can up from the street… Each are considered a blessing…
I’m learning that when we are a blessing to others – we are showing the world that there is something different about us. Christian friends, we aren’t of this world. We are strangers in this foreign land – we are only here, on Earth, for a brief moment! By being a blessing we are showing others that Greater is He that is IN me, than he that is in this world!
I challenge you to start asking God to show you how you too can be a blessing to someone – everyday!! And get creative – do something that will really bless the socks off of someone!
It’s easy, rewarding, and makes God smile!
On my drive to work every day I’ve been asking God that I’ll be a blessing to someone - even in just a small way. Some times I know when I’ve been a blessing and other times I don’t – but I've been praying about it intentionally b/c I want to be in the Will of God – every day! And being in His will brings peace and this PEACE gig is realllllly nice! I’m hopeful that I’ll stay in this place of PEACE for a longggg time – but this requires action on my part!!
Being a blessing is a choice and it doesn’t take something BIG to be considered a “blessing”! It takes answering the phone with a smile, it means saying Thank you, leaving a bigger tip (even if the service wasn’t that great!), sending a note to a grandparent that you haven’t talked to in a while (thats my Poppa Stanley above - he will be 87 in April!), or just “pre-setting the coffee pot” for the husband that usually does it for you!! Being a blessing even means going the extra few steps and putting the shopping cart IN the designated “RETURN SHOPPING CART HERE” station! Notes of encouragement, an unsolicited hug, complimenting a stranger, or simply bringing your neighbors trash can up from the street… Each are considered a blessing…
I’m learning that when we are a blessing to others – we are showing the world that there is something different about us. Christian friends, we aren’t of this world. We are strangers in this foreign land – we are only here, on Earth, for a brief moment! By being a blessing we are showing others that Greater is He that is IN me, than he that is in this world!
I challenge you to start asking God to show you how you too can be a blessing to someone – everyday!! And get creative – do something that will really bless the socks off of someone!
It’s easy, rewarding, and makes God smile!
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