Looking back...

My life has been a little crazy over the last year and looking back it has been an amazing God story and I am so glad he has healed me and help me through everything. Hopefully soon I will tell my story.

Are we happy plastic people?

Have you ever heard the song Stained Glass Masquerade by Casting Crowns? If not check it out... www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrIKFLJP8Jc&feature=related

I was listening to it tonight on my trip to Dallas and it got me thinking about how often we put on our happy face and pretend nothing is bothering us. I wonder how different the world would be if we were more real and we weren't afraid of being judged so we just told our secrets. Everyone has something that they are hiding. Sometimes they hide it for years. Sometimes we just tell the people we are close to and sometimes we hold it all in. Then I started thinking about the people that are affected most by this. The people who fear the judgment and are often the ones that we judge all the time, the people who we consider to be lower than us in society. Then I read this...

Matthew 5:13-17 in the Message

13"Let me tell you why you are here. You're here to be salt-seasoning that brings out the God-flavors of this earth. If you lose your saltiness, how will people taste godliness? You've lost your usefulness and will end up in the garbage.

14-16"Here's another way to put it: You're here to be light, bringing out the God-colors in the world. God is not a secret to be kept. We're going public with this, as public as a city on a hill. If I make you light-bearers, you don't think I'm going to hide you under a bucket, do you? I'm putting you on a light stand. Now that I've put you there on a hilltop, on a light stand—shine! Keep open house; be generous with your lives. By opening up to others, you'll prompt people to open up with God, this generous Father in heaven.

This reminded me that we are to show these people with the same respect and kindness we would show our best friend. We are to show them that someone does care and that we are that someone. We are to show them we care so that maybe they will see that God cares for them and he hasn't forgotten them.

I want to show the people who are often forgotten that God loves them and so do I. I want them to know just by having a short conversation with me that I care for them. I know I am not perfect but I hope I at least can be kind and caring most of the time.