Welcome to
Coffee Hour @ Chicklit Power and Trench Classes United. I am excited to share
Monday’s Mantra with you which is actually from a former Transformer, Jenn
Woosley! Grab your favorite break-time beverage and come in for a few moments.
I was at
church last weekend, listening to the call for the offering. The point was made
that combining resources can accomplish so much more. It is amazing what a
group of people, no matter the size, can do when they share what they have.
The thought
occurred to me, why don’t we do this more with the emotional, mental and
physical resources God has given us as well? Far too often, and I am guilty
here of this, we spend our time criticizing what others are or are not doing.
We have ‘the answer’ for whatever we see happening around us. It’s easy to sit
high and look low. It’s easier to think that struggling person needs to just
‘get it together,’ or shake our heads at how he/she got in that position in the
first place…even worse, offer help but get exasperated whey they don’t change
immediately.
What if I
have a God-given ability to help? Suppose He’s helped me through a similar
situation? Or He’s helped me recognize a weakness in me that could very well be
somebody else’s and I’ve learned to outgrow it? Could sharing my story with
transparency help another?
When we are
divided, we cannot learn, shift or grow. We become stuck, complacent and/or
critical. It seems to me that it would be far better to recognize the strengths
in others as well as ourselves, and share those. I bet we’d find we could
accomplish a lot more!
Growing…
Jenn
No comments:
Post a Comment