Friday, September 7, 2012

"Blessed to Be a Blessing"


Everyone has thoughts. Everyone has struggles. Everyone has joy. Everyone experiences heartache. Everyone experiences happiness. Everyone has a chance. Everyone has a choice. The question is whether or not you will take the step out of your comfort zone? Are you willing? Are you daring? Could you forget about yourself and your needs for one day?

We make our plans; we move forward.

The only time we stop to think is when life wallops us with a four by four in between our eyes.

What are you doing?! What are WE doing?

Complaining? Whining? Judging? Being condescending? Being arrogant?

YOU can, WE can make a difference if we would just be a willing vessel.

All we, as Christians, want is to be filled. “God, Fill me up!!” is our prayer we constantly (and consistently) pray. The question is what are we going to do once He has filled us up? Hoard it? Build ourselves up? Give it away? Ask for more? Plant it?

Tell me, where is the good in that? Where is the blessing in keeping it to ourselves?

My dad always told me growing up, “We are blessed to be a blessing.” WOW! It’s crazy how profound a statement can really be if one dwells on it. God has given to us so that we may give to others. What good would we do if we built ourselves up for nothing? How much more could we do once God has given us a seed to plant it so it may grow and flourish! Do you realize how much more you could be blessed to see another flourish instead of wondering why you don’t have more?

Everyone has thoughts. Everyone has struggles. Everyone has joy. Everyone experiences heartache. Everyone experiences happiness. Everyone has a chance. Everyone has a choice. The question is whether or not you will take the step out of your comfort zone? Are you willing? Are you daring? Could you forget about yourself and your needs for one day? Seriously, can you?

Think about it. Dwell on it. Pray about it. Do something.

Be filled only to be empty again.

“The seed I received I will sow.”-I dare you to pray this.

I’ll leave you with what my father told me, “Be blessed to be a blessing.”