Are you prepared to listen?

I thought I was prepared to listen until everything I heard was hurt and sadness. God wants us to bare each others burden but there are times I don't want to listen anymore because the pain is awful.

There is a family that I know going through a lot right now. The father is deeply depressed, the mother is haveing back surgery soon for a fracture and she is also having problems with her kidneys. There family is hurting.

My nephew, 8 years old, has gotten an appliance in his mouth that will spread his upper jaw outward. The Orthodontist needs to make room for his permanat teeth. He is going to be in pain for a while.

My best friend is struggling with her marriage and they are still greiving the loss of their little girl.

There is another family that I know: they lost their grand-daughter before she could even take her first breath. Their son is hurting, the grand parents are hurting and the mother is hurting.

There are families that have left our church because one of the "good" christians in our church choose to saysomthing to someone else who said something to another person who said something to someone else.... Do you get the picture.

This is the time of year to love one another not to stirup trouble. At the same time we are all suppose to love each other. If we are Children of God that is what he calls us to do.

Luke 10: 27 - He said, " That you love the Lord your God with all your passion and prayer and muscle and intelligence- and that you love your neighbor as well as you do yourself.

I guess if you don't love yourself then you don't say kind words to people. You don't show them compassion.

Lets remember this sesson to LOVE the way GOD wants us to LOVE.

Thanks Jennifer