Relationships
I believe that people are put in our lives for a reason. Some people’s purpose may be to produce patience in us; some may be to encourage us; but I believe it’s important we don’t despise anyone. There is no such thing as a small person in God’s eyes.
Some people are easier to love than others but everyone needs to be loved. After all, if we only love those who love us, “what thank have ye ? for sinners also love those that love them” (Luke 6:32). As Christians, we are to be different and to see people as Christ sees them.
It seems like even those we love are easy to ignore, though. In our fast-paced society, it is hard to find time to reach out to friends and loved ones; yet, if we don’t reach out, who will? In the words of Bruce Carroll, “Who will be Jesus to them? Who’ll show the love that’s commanded in His Word?” It’s easy for me to assume that people have tons of friends and really don’t need encouragement from me. However, I would rather err on being one of hundreds who reach out to a person than fail to reach out and find they have no one.
As you go about your day today, ask God to show you if there is someone He has put into your life to be an encouragement to. Maybe you can be instrumental in bringing a smile to someone’s face or making joy well up in their heart. Maybe your kindness will also inspire them to reach out to someone else and begin a ripple effect. If the Lord lays someone on your heart, I do know whatever you do to reach out to that person will not return void.
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