My appendix ruptured in June 27, 2012. It’s a long story, but let’s just say that my fear kept me from going to the hospital. I really thought that I would just get better with some rest. Crazy, huh. Anyway, because of my delay of getting to the hospital I ended up not having surgery until July 4th. There was long road of recovery ahead for me. I spent time in prayer and really getting to know this Jesus that I had been taught about, but didn’t really know much about.
I learned a lot about Him. I learned about the people that He spent the most time with. I learned that the people He spent the most time with were the exact people that I had been taught to avoid. So I started on this journey that lead me to loving people that were totally unlike anyone that I’d had a relationship with.
He began to flip my whole mindset. I was totally materialistic and cared only about having mine and my family’s needs met. Everyone else could take care of themselves. That wasn’t my job. Then Jesus and I got real close. I started to read His Word and that’s when I discovered what He said about loving others. I’d been missing it. I’d never really heard it preached about. I mean I heard love preached about, but more from the aspect of loving people like me.
I now have more friends who don’t look like me than who do look like me. My table looks totally different. This is how I believe that Jesus wants us to live. Gather people who aren’t like us and some who are like us ...NOT to have a debate, but to just pour out His love on them!
What’s my point? I post lots of pictures of ReBUILD. Not to be proud or boastful, but because I want to share how Jesus changed me. How He took me from a church goer to a Jesus follower!! How He changed my heart to only caring about myself amd my wants to really caring about and loving others. I screw up every day at doing this. But every day I try with everything in me.
•Find someone
•Show up for them
•Love
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