Thank you… Good job… I really appreciate you...Forgive me… I am sorry... You look great… I really like you… I sure love you.
I’m sure we all say some of these sometimes. But I imagine it is not enough. I find it is easier to say these things to some people. They are nice people, easy people to be with, and they reciprocate. That feels good and makes it easy to be with them. But there are other people who are uneasy, anxious, and edgy, and hard to be with.
What makes this so hard? Perhaps we are too fixated on ourselves to focus on others. For some of us, we might be too critical of people and assume the worst- (Oops; did I just make a confession? I like to call it a heightened sense of reality.)
I have always been a reflective person, but age seems to provide a degree of sensitivity in my reflection that is new. Maybe it is because the sense of the chase has diminished, and the competition aspect has faded. Maybe it is simply perspective and wisdom that comes with age. I also hope it is a sensitivity to the leading of the Holy Spirit and the Scripture in my life. For whatever reason, I hope to make Philippians 4:8 a reality in my life.
“Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, let your mind dwell on these things.”
Serving Him with you
Until He comes for us, Fred | 