Hello Darlings! So lovely to meet and sip with you again!
Today, because of a draw that I have felt on my heart, I would like to pose a challenge to do a bit of heart-keeping and reflection in this next few minutes. Have you ever stopped to take notice of how you respond when someone asks you a question like "how are you?" I am not talking about when a customer or coworker casually grunts as they walk by without listening to or even waiting to hear a response. I am talking about when a dear friend, or family member, or a church member stops you to ask how you are. For many of us, our response is quick and automatic. A short "good" or "really busy" is usually enough to satisfy or at least brush off any further question or thought, and then you go back to your text, or scrolling Instagram feeds, or whatever you may have been doing. Now, there is nothing inherently wrong about those responses in themselves. You very well might be busy, or the generic "good". I mean, your arm probably isn't falling off, so life could be worse. The point is though that how much meaningful interaction are you missing because of a lack of thoughtfulness in your response? With a cheap response, you are missing a critical moment to invest in and build a foundation of trust and honesty with someone. Something that is rare and beautiful in this life. I was deeply convicted of my cheap responses when I realized how much time I had wasted and how many opportunities I had missed for good conversations. My challenge to you would be to never allow what is cheap to replace the beautiful opportunities given to us by our Creator to love and invest in the people around us.
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I would like to close this update in prayer. If you would like to, please pray with me, making sure that your heart is open to His leading and loving direction for your life as well.
Dearest Daddy, Thank you for the beautiful year that has finished. I know that there was no moment wasted even in my times of failure and deviation from what I knew I should have been pursuing, and I thank you for the many moments in which you just showed up and stayed with me. Thank you for your comfort, love, and truth that you so generously just pour into me all the time. I also just thank you so much for such a beautiful beginning to the new year. I am so excited to see what you have planned moment by moment of this life ahead. Thank you for being so beautifully glorious, and for being so faithful. You are so so good. In this moment, and every moment to come, I surrender my heart, soul, mind, and strength to you. Please take me and use me for your purpose. Amen |
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