I need to blog more...I intend to blog more when Korie has her surgery. Today is supposed to be sunny and 65 degrees!! Yay! It has been a long, "colder than usual" winter for Virginia...a SOUTHERN state!
I thought that today perhaps, I would write on the beauty of the birds gathering at my feeder, or maybe the feel of the warmeth on my face, or perhaps even the daffodils that are peeking up in my front yard. I changed my desktop from the Ohio State snowman to a spring picture that I took last spring in my neighborhood...I will enclose that picture just because it is SO beautiful.
But, as I did my reading this morning, I studied about the purpose of my life ....which turned my thoughts a little deeper this morning.....why did God create me and what does He have planned for me? One of His plans is for me to be like HIM. And Matthew, the tax collecter (of all people) lol, said that when Jesus saw a large crowd gathered, He had compassion on them. (Matt. 14:14). This Greek word used for compassion, is splanchnizomai which means "study of the....gut" (in our terms). So, when Jesus saw this crowd, His compassion wasn't just a little pity party, where one feels sorry for another in passing, but Jesus felt their hurt right in His gut! He felt the loss of the grieving, He felt the limp of the crippled, He felt the loneliness of the town leper, He felt the confusion of the teenager....you get the idea. He was so into their hurt, that His own needs or desires were put on the backburner. How often do I do that myself??
That gave me pause to think. What hurting people are in my small world? Who do I see in my church that is struggling, in my neighborhood, in my circle of people I see daily...or weekly or monthly? Do I take time to notice them? I am a busy person...we all are busy these days. TOO busy! If I am to be like Him, I need to take time out of my wants and needs and look to others. It was Christ's prayer request at the end of Matthew 9 for people to go out and find the hurting. Whether that is to a hurt believer or to someone who doesn't know Him yet....am I on the lookout for those He puts in my path? My "mission" for this day? His purpose for me?
Yes, it is beautiful out today....Kristin comes home in 2 days, this is my first day at home in 2 weeks, there are many things to write about....but instead...I think I will just ponder for awhile and pray that my eyes are open to what's in front of me....so that I won't miss it!!!
I thought that today perhaps, I would write on the beauty of the birds gathering at my feeder, or maybe the feel of the warmeth on my face, or perhaps even the daffodils that are peeking up in my front yard. I changed my desktop from the Ohio State snowman to a spring picture that I took last spring in my neighborhood...I will enclose that picture just because it is SO beautiful.
But, as I did my reading this morning, I studied about the purpose of my life ....which turned my thoughts a little deeper this morning.....why did God create me and what does He have planned for me? One of His plans is for me to be like HIM. And Matthew, the tax collecter (of all people) lol, said that when Jesus saw a large crowd gathered, He had compassion on them. (Matt. 14:14). This Greek word used for compassion, is splanchnizomai which means "study of the....gut" (in our terms). So, when Jesus saw this crowd, His compassion wasn't just a little pity party, where one feels sorry for another in passing, but Jesus felt their hurt right in His gut! He felt the loss of the grieving, He felt the limp of the crippled, He felt the loneliness of the town leper, He felt the confusion of the teenager....you get the idea. He was so into their hurt, that His own needs or desires were put on the backburner. How often do I do that myself??
That gave me pause to think. What hurting people are in my small world? Who do I see in my church that is struggling, in my neighborhood, in my circle of people I see daily...or weekly or monthly? Do I take time to notice them? I am a busy person...we all are busy these days. TOO busy! If I am to be like Him, I need to take time out of my wants and needs and look to others. It was Christ's prayer request at the end of Matthew 9 for people to go out and find the hurting. Whether that is to a hurt believer or to someone who doesn't know Him yet....am I on the lookout for those He puts in my path? My "mission" for this day? His purpose for me?
Yes, it is beautiful out today....Kristin comes home in 2 days, this is my first day at home in 2 weeks, there are many things to write about....but instead...I think I will just ponder for awhile and pray that my eyes are open to what's in front of me....so that I won't miss it!!!
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