Bad Things = What reaction from me?

Week 3

So….it’s been three weeks of us continually telling ourselves “CONGRATULATIONS, I’M A LOSER”!!! Let’s face it, we are!! Now we can be dishonest with ourselves and say “man, I’m not a loser” or we can keep our prideful/arrogant noses in the air and say “well, if I’m a loser then I know there are so many others way worse off”…but in all honesty – until you and I realize how big of a loser we are/how much we DO NOT deserve God’s grace and will never deserve it!!!…in other words when we realize how BAD we are at living this Christian life we begin to make progress. Progress that starts by falling before a God and begging forgiveness for taking a love that we’ve never known or yet to even understand for granted and confessing that this loser on their face before this GOD needs Him daily to carry them through life.

Having said all of that, let’s move on to our recap of the third weeks lesson. During this halfway point through our six week series I felt that it was important to bring up the topic “Who am I when bad things happen to other people?” When things are falling apart for those around me who am I? How do I react?

Love them

Laugh at them

Cry with them

Pray for them

Hurt for them

Help them

Obviously these are only a few, of many, responses I may have towards others when crap happens! Therefore, I have to ask the question which do I do. Think about the circumstances you faced today: Some of you sat in traffic and immediately began to think “less than loving” thoughts regarding those causing the traffice (what if someone lost a family member in the accident) — some of you sat down at a restaurant and had to suffer through another meal with a baby crying in the booth behind you (what if that was the parents first date since the child was born and they couldn’t get a sitter) — some of you went to school today and a good friend of yours snapped at you for “no apparent reason” so you didn’t speak to him/her the rest of the day (but what if that child just found out that their parents are getting divorced and they’ve never had to deal with this kind of pain before). You see where I’m going with this? I want us as believers to quit examining the surface and start to think that THERE’S MORE…Listen guys, you all walk past hundreds of kids and adults alike on any given day and probably 70% or more are hurting in some way/shape/form or fashion. My challenge to you is to always be on alert. Be attentive and learn to listen for those who are hurting and be there to love them like God has done for you time and time again.

These past three weeks have been a blast guys! Thank you so much for all your attention and the heart that desires to mirror Christ’s.