Did you read yesterday’s devotion in the Upper Room? (Here’s a link to read it: http://www.upperroom.org/devotional/default.asp?month=12&day=8&year=2009&x=105&y=11 ) Rather stinging isn’t it? I will confess that I am constantly juggling thoughts and tasks in my mind, so much so, that at times I forget what I am doing. It also seems that daily I run across people who are short or rude to me in some way or another, and while my practice is to pray for them…silently…it never crossed my mind that they might need someone to talk to! And while it only takes a moment to ask someone about their day, what a gift and witness in our busy world it is to give someone your time! Jesus said others will know we are his by our love (John 13:35), what better way to express love for someone than by caring for them! It’s too easy to silently pray for someone and it’s even easier to snap back at them. Besides, neither of those are a witness for Christ, let alone a bold witness. But to care enough to ask them if they’re okay, or if they’re having a bad day…in our day and age that is a bold witness. So here’s my prayer for each of us (including myself)…that God would put in our paths someone who is struggling and desperately needs someone to care for them, and then I pray that the Holy Spirit would give us the boldness to be a caring witness for Jesus Christ.
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