a thought that kept reoccurring to me today:
"i need to treat others the way that i would like to be treated". so tonight as i sat down and got my laptop, i started thinking deeper. do i do this? do i treat others the way that i would like to be treated? and unfortunately my answer was not what i had wished it would be. i wish i always treated others in a way in which i like to be treated, but, i don't why? because i can't, i'm not able to....i'm human. but, then i had this thought: i can strive for that goal, i can put forth the effort, decide that it's important enough to me to make that a matter of great importance. the thing is, how do i expect to be treated in a positive way, if i treat others around me in a negative way? i can guarantee you other's will not want to treat me in a positive way, if i'm a mean and hateful person, or even a person who is so filled with me, and there is not enough room for anyone else, then i am being selfish. sometimes i can be self absorbed, and miss many opportunities that are around me. i love to get a smile, i love it when someone with a genuineness about them says "Hello". i like it when people care, when they take the time to ask how i am doing. i like knowing that i am being prayed for and so much more. so, if that is how i like to be treated, then i need to take the time regardless of whether or not i am "in the mood" and treat others in a way in which i would like to be treated. i bring all of this up because, i have a really hard time in this area. i tend to think about what's going on in my life, the people's lives that are closest to me, in my inner circle if you will, and forget that there's a whole big world out there just filled with people who need what i can give them or show them and that is the Love of God. that's being the true hands and feet of Jesus. it may come easy for you but for me, it takes a conscience effort. don't get me wrong, i realize the world needs Jesus and the story of His amazing love, but, i can so often get way wrapped up in my own little corner of the canvass....my prayer is that i'll allow the Lord to help me to look past my own little world and put forth the effort to treat others the way that i would like to be treated. Lord give me your eyes.
"i need to treat others the way that i would like to be treated". so tonight as i sat down and got my laptop, i started thinking deeper. do i do this? do i treat others the way that i would like to be treated? and unfortunately my answer was not what i had wished it would be. i wish i always treated others in a way in which i like to be treated, but, i don't why? because i can't, i'm not able to....i'm human. but, then i had this thought: i can strive for that goal, i can put forth the effort, decide that it's important enough to me to make that a matter of great importance. the thing is, how do i expect to be treated in a positive way, if i treat others around me in a negative way? i can guarantee you other's will not want to treat me in a positive way, if i'm a mean and hateful person, or even a person who is so filled with me, and there is not enough room for anyone else, then i am being selfish. sometimes i can be self absorbed, and miss many opportunities that are around me. i love to get a smile, i love it when someone with a genuineness about them says "Hello". i like it when people care, when they take the time to ask how i am doing. i like knowing that i am being prayed for and so much more. so, if that is how i like to be treated, then i need to take the time regardless of whether or not i am "in the mood" and treat others in a way in which i would like to be treated. i bring all of this up because, i have a really hard time in this area. i tend to think about what's going on in my life, the people's lives that are closest to me, in my inner circle if you will, and forget that there's a whole big world out there just filled with people who need what i can give them or show them and that is the Love of God. that's being the true hands and feet of Jesus. it may come easy for you but for me, it takes a conscience effort. don't get me wrong, i realize the world needs Jesus and the story of His amazing love, but, i can so often get way wrapped up in my own little corner of the canvass....my prayer is that i'll allow the Lord to help me to look past my own little world and put forth the effort to treat others the way that i would like to be treated. Lord give me your eyes.
Give Me Your Eyes
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