You Are Not Alone

Monday Matters-August 23, 2021
Everyday You Are Not Alone

​There’s someone hurting who needs healing, someone unloved who needs our touch; elderly, needing to feel that we care; and someone who is weak and needs the support of our shared weakness. I get it. Late author and speaker Brennan Manning gets it.  He shared; “One of the most healing words I ever spoke as a confessor was to an old priest with a drinking problem. “Just a few years ago,” I said, “I was a hopeless alcoholic in the gutter in Fort Lauderdale.” “You?” he cried. “O Thank God!” 

When we bring a smile to the face of someone in pain, we have brought Christ to them.  I know hurt, ache and pain. What helps me? It’s NOT to hear more of what I should and should not do. I need to hear; “There’s hope. I’m sorry for this ache in your heart.”  God fully knows and loves us and He’s not disappointed in us. He’s disappointed when we don’t change our sinful ways.  Come alongside the one who needs God’s grace and mercy just as much as you do…everyday.