Hey ya'll (yep. I said ya'll): I've decided that this isn't going to be just a one month blog. I want to keep doing this as long as God leads so, enjoy the rest of the blog!!
Aight.
Where to start? Okay, short story. On a semi-long car ride with my cousin-in-law to Con-Con (a small little city in the greater city of Valparaíso), she basically tells the whole story of her life and how she is stressed and when she is stressed she can't function and suffers panic attacks and fears having another child because of the traumatic experience she had with her first.
Whoa. What a life..and she bears this burden with her husband but their schedules are so different that they rarely see each other. So I share this story because the devotion today talks about comforting others.
2 corintios 1:3-7/ 2 Corinthians 1: 3-7.
I have to admit, I've never been really good at comforting people and you would think that...what..Ife? Yep. Me. I have to make a very clear effort to put myself in their place and then try and help them from there because honestly, things like that don't come naturally (I guess I can ask Santa Clause for this for Christmas...). So, listening to all that and finding it hard to say anything of comfort to her was painful for me. I had it on the tip of my tongue to pray for her but since she was driving I didn't want to distract her (which was a bad excuse seeing how she had rattled off her life story on this ride (45min. long). At the end of the day, I was a complete failure. I didn't give any help (because I naturally don't do that well) and I didn't pray for her (because I wasn't sure).
The above paragraph should not be happening in my life. Honestly. The devotion talks about how we go through trials and God comforts us so that we can comfort others. I have been comforted many times in this life just by reading or recalling God's word. Why was it so difficult to share this comfort and peace with someone who could have had a panic attack while driving ( I mean seriously, she was also freaking out about what to get her husband for his cumpleaños/birthday. I know that's not easy)? It's not. It's my selfish self thinking that God word isn't for everyone so why bother. It's my worldly self thinking that she'll be fine, just take deep breaths. And it's my wrong self thinking she probably doesn't want to hear it. But these are just so untrue.
I've seen God work in people's lives and I know how all kinds of people have come to Him because of the peace they find in God.
I know that breathing exercises and short vacations don't do the trick. They just cover temporary issues.
I am sure that she wants to hear it. She wants to hear that there is an answer to her problem. She has a God-spot that needs to be filled....and I passed up that opportunity.
Don't have much time left in this country, but I want another chance, God. I lose perspective when I start focussing on my and what God does in my life. I was put here for a reason, and that reason will be fulfilled, Amen.
Aight ya'll. I'm out. Deuces and God bless you. May you do better and live better than this, Amen.
Much love, peace and comfort grease,
Ife 'Quipayan' S.
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