Who do I live for? Who do I show compassion to? The thought running through my mind is: I am to be living my life in accordance to God’s will with the end result being service with compassion to others.
The next lesson I am learning is how to pull myself out of my circumstances and be of better service to others. That service could be just to have a kind and listening ear and shutting my mouth. A lot of times that is all people need.
Looking around, there are folks out there with situations much worse than my current state. They are dealing with sick children, the care of an elderly parent, and a host of other concerns. The goal is to be able to pull myself out of my situation and to see the needs of other, to show concern for someone else beside myself.
The realization is this isn’t an easy task. If fact, this is one that cannot be accomplished by my own strength and in my own wisdom. There are friends who go through or are going through extreme circumstances in their lives, yet they are able to praise God and work for Him despite of their situation. How do they do this? This is done only by having the grace of God and His Holy Spirit at work in their lives. They live outside of their problems.
This is my prayer for today: to live outside my problems, lean on God, praise Him in my storm(s) and serve Him wherever I am to be.
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