I spent yesterday with so many people. As much as I enjoy the times of laughter and fun, there is also a lot of pain in people's eyes. It usually only takes a few gentle questions to open the floodgates. I see so much into the hearts of people that it hurts me to see them hurting. Computers and phones make it easy to connect on the surface but it is only through personal contact that I can really 'see' someone else and understand their hurt.
I love how God puts His perfect timing in place. Just this morning I was reminded in my bible study that it's essential that we devote time praying for others. I get so overwhelmed thinking that I need to help fix a situation and I have to realize over and over that it's not always up to me to make things right for others. I can only do what God lays on my heart to do; the rest is not up to me.
Yesterday, in the middle of a busy restaurant, a friend shared painful secrets that are weighing heavy on her heart.
After the beautiful wedding, another friend shed tears over a intensely traumatic family situation.
Today, I lift my friends up today with the words of Paul:
"I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and his incomparably great power for us who believe." Ephesians 1:16-19a
That is not just for my two friends from yesterday. It is for all of you!
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Always a good reminder... you and your family remain in my prayers. <3
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