It seems that much of our communication with people today is limited and usually with short, quick bursts of spoken words, or with a written email, or a text message on cell phones and iPhones.
What do people believe? What do people stand up for or stand against? How do people truly feel about themselves, about others, or about their own circumstances?
From deep within, what do you feel in your heart? What would you like for others to know about you more than anything else? What would you like to do that you have never shared with another person? What changes would you like to see in your home, in your community, in your church, or in your nation?
Do you ever get the feeling that the things that matter to you do not matter to others? While others want you to know about the things that matter to them? And do you ever get the feeling that your words are quickly deleted as if you never spoke at all?
So then, how do you feel when you speak and all others do is stare and glare, or roll their eyes?
To whom do you speak while knowing that they truly care about the things that matter to you?
It is truly difficult to find a true friend. It is truly difficult to find a friend who will truly be interested in the things that matter to you.
People are so busy today that they do not have time for others. They do not have time to sit and talk; neither do they have time to listen. Their minds are occupied with the things of this world that they neglect the person sitting at the table. They do not have room in their minds for the thoughts and feelings of others, which also means they do not have room in their hearts for the things that matter to others.
For what the world lacks more than anything else is the love of God; and when people receive the love of God through Christ Jesus, perhaps this is the first time when they become interested in matters of the heart.
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbol. And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity. (I Corinthians 13: 1, 13)
What do people believe? What do people stand up for or stand against? How do people truly feel about themselves, about others, or about their own circumstances?
From deep within, what do you feel in your heart? What would you like for others to know about you more than anything else? What would you like to do that you have never shared with another person? What changes would you like to see in your home, in your community, in your church, or in your nation?
Do you ever get the feeling that the things that matter to you do not matter to others? While others want you to know about the things that matter to them? And do you ever get the feeling that your words are quickly deleted as if you never spoke at all?
So then, how do you feel when you speak and all others do is stare and glare, or roll their eyes?
To whom do you speak while knowing that they truly care about the things that matter to you?
It is truly difficult to find a true friend. It is truly difficult to find a friend who will truly be interested in the things that matter to you.
People are so busy today that they do not have time for others. They do not have time to sit and talk; neither do they have time to listen. Their minds are occupied with the things of this world that they neglect the person sitting at the table. They do not have room in their minds for the thoughts and feelings of others, which also means they do not have room in their hearts for the things that matter to others.
For what the world lacks more than anything else is the love of God; and when people receive the love of God through Christ Jesus, perhaps this is the first time when they become interested in matters of the heart.
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbol. And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity. (I Corinthians 13: 1, 13)
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