This one…..hits a spot with me. Sorry.

Ya’ll……you have to go here and check this video out and then come back. I tried to post it on this blog but it was being to “technical for me”. Click on the word “here” and it will take you to what I want you to see.

Ok did you watch it???

OH MY WORD.

What is happening in this world? Who are those people? I wanted to jump through the screen and help that poor man! I cannot believe that people REALLY act that way. I mean, sure we hear about people like that but to actually SEE them…..totally different.

But then I thought……this isn’t so different than the everyday things that happen all around us. We, this “world” are so caught up with our own lives that we cannot see past our own pride, fears and failures into this world and what other’s around us need.

We see that man on the corner begging for food and we turn our heads. We read other’s blogs who we know they need a word of encouragement and we turn our heads. We don’t give to support other’s but when it’s “our” turn we expect the world to fall at our feet. We don’t listen to what other’s are saying and wonder why our voice is never heard. We tell someone we will pray and then never do. We make a commitment and don’t follow through. We act mean and stuck up towards other’s because of our own pride and shame.

Every day we walk past someone who has just been “hit by a car” and react the same way. “What am I supposed to do?” or “I don’t know them, or I don’t like them, I’m not helping them.” Don’t we?

My heart hurts for those whose eyes can never see what they do to others. My heart hurts for those who can do mean and spiteful things and never have to say, “I’m sorry.” My heart hurts for those who really cannot see the good in people and think there are “alternative motives” behind actions. My heart hurts for this man that was hit and the other’s who are hit every day, and everyone just keeps on walking.

Don’t get me wrong. I know what it’s like to get burned out with someone because “something” is always wrong. I know what it’s like to give and give and have it thrown back in your face. I know what it’s like to think about someone, “what else??” I’m human…..I’ve been there. We all have. But, the truth is……it hurts THEM.

So what do we do? Where to find that balance? How do we become that Good Samaritan in all situations we face?

Having a heart like God.

It’s the only way. We will always be able to look at other’s and see their faults. It comes WAY to easily for us. But we have to be able to look at other’s the way God looks at us.

Do I think that God wants us to be doormats? NO.

But I also think that God wants us to be bold in our faith, bold in our giving of ourselves and bold in our loving of others.

We have to make do with what we’ve got too.

*If I don’t have the financial means to help someone, I can send them a note of encouragement.

*If I can’t find the words to encourage someone, it’s just not “in me”, I can ask the Lord for a verse to send them.

*If I have a pack of crackers in my car, I can give it to that man on the corner.

*If I have a hug in me, I can give it to anyone who needs it, regardless of how I feel about them.

*If I have a dollar and someone asks for a dollar, I can give it to them.

*If I see someone hurting and I know I need to pray for them, I can boldly pray for them like never before. And I can love them, not judge them.

2 Corinthians 9:7 “Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.”

The only way to make this verse into full play in our lives is to give to other’s the way God shows us. It’s obedience, it’s not looking at what we can get back, or what is best for the situation……it’s simply, plain obedience. Sometimes the way we give of ourselves is the biggest way to show someone we love them, regardless of how we “feel” about them.

Ok………(deep sighs) I’m sure this isn’t a home-run post, but it’s what’s on my heart today. Sorry, love ya’ll so much though! Have a great, super blessed weekend!