Did you know the people who are the strongest are usually the most sensitive? Did you know the people who exhibit the most kindness are usually the first to get mistreated? Did you know the one who takes care of others all the time are usually the ones who need it the most and don't get it? Did you know the three hardest things to say are "I love you", "I'm sorry", and "Help me?"? Sometimes, just because a person may look happy, you have to look past their smile and see how much pain they may be in. Every is going through some issue at any given time. We all need positive intentions right now.
We've all been there...the "lowest point of our lives". Maybe we had someone come along side of us and help us out. Maybe we were left there by ourselves. Either way, we experienced the strength of moral support, or the lack of moral support. Having someone there to listen and pray for you...to help you through whatever you're going through...to lift you to God above with supplication and love...that can mean the world to someone.
Over the years, I've come to see that those with the biggest hearts are the ones who ache in private. Those who have the biggest smiles are the saddest at heart. Those who laugh the loudest cry the most in private. Those who love openly are those who have been hurt and may continue to be hurt regularly. People are rarely, if ever, what they truly appear to be on the outside. Who do we let in truly? Well, that answer should be God alone. But letting in a few other people to love and pray for you is never a bad thing.
Moral support. What it means to each of us may look like something different, but at the end of the day, it just means being there for one another. Loving selflessly. With no regard to our own interest, but to the interests of others. Everyone has problems, everyone can be stressed, everyone has bad days...moral support is always a welcome thing. Lately I've come to see this with two dear friends of mine: Amanda and Savannah. They are both such lovely ladies in Christ who have become so dear to me for their amazing moral support of me.
Throughout our lives, people come and go. Everyone makes some mark on us. Either we see a person with characteristics that we yearn for and we seek to be more like them in that way, or we see people who we desperately don't want to end up being so we try to do everything in our power to be anything but that. Either way, we learn and grow from people...and then turn to share it with the world. So share yourself with those around you, today. Be yourself, be good, be glorifying. Be a moral support.
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So very true! I've seen this too. Thanks for reminding us!
Wow, what an encouraging post. I totally can apply to your post. I am one of those people who acts like everything is fine on the outside and smiles, but when I'm by myself I cry at all the things I laughed and smiled about earlier that day. Thanks for sharing this!!!
Thanks for encouraging me today, Sarah. It was much needed, and a reminder to get out and give more of me, even when I ache.
Good thoughts/encouragement for others! Living in community with others is definitely a two-way street - you have to be willing to both give and take support and encouragement. And of course, it's much easier to only do one or the other - but changing those habits are what sanctification is all about.
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