Some years ago, there was a saying that asked a question, “What Would Jesus Do?” This statement and question was used to prompt us to think about our actions before we did something. W.W.J.D. was supposed to remind us that we are Christians, and we should act accordingly.
We are going to meet people who we may not get alone with and some who will not get along with us for a variety of reasons. It is not that they have done something to us or we have done something to them, there will be something that will cause our personalities to clash. There are times when the dislike can turn to hate, and when a person hates another person they will do whatever it takes to destroy that person.
It is good to have friends that will be there for us through all our ups and downs. We have friends that we grew up with and they know us very well and we know them very well, and then we have friends that we may not call all the time, but we are still close to them and consider them our close friends.
The Lord has blessed each of us with gifts. Some gifts are more pronounced than other gifts, but each of us has a gift that The Lord intends for us to use for His glory. There are times when we will not use our gift or think of our gift as being important, because we compare our gift with the gifts of others.
One of the most powerful spiritual tools that we have is prayer. Prayer will turn any situation around, and it gives us opportunity to speak to God. We know that God hears us when we pray and He answers us when we pray, and things happen when we pray.
Life has a way of seemingly dumping everything on us at one time. It can feel like we have all the weight of the world on our shoulders. We have those days when we feel like we must be Superman or Superwoman and not let anything bother us, but we have to help solve all the problems of everyone else, while our issues are left languishing for another time.
It is exciting to see someone doing their best, especially after they have overcome obstacles in their lives. Many of us who have done our best after overcoming obstacles can attribute it to someone who encouraged us when we were facing those obstacles.
Everything we purchase comes with instructions. It can be the food we buy or an item that needs to be assembled, but all of them have instructions. Some of us will not notice the instructions and we will begin to assemble our purchase with not thought of the instructions.
It can be challenging to enjoy a movie or show when we begin viewing it in the middle, and not seeing it from the beginning. It makes us wonder what happened to cause the other things to happen, and we can feel lost and not enjoy the ending because we did not see the beginning.
