Day 88 - 105 (365DaysOfLove)
This is just going to be a blurb and not broken down into days because most of the time I was constantly doing similar things. Since it’s the end of the year and exams are just right around the corner a lot of the ways I’ve been trying to display God’s love is by helping everyone that asks me to help them with their work (a lot of people do). So these past couple of day I’ve just been editing papers and helping people write essays and stuff like that. But you know what even though it’s draining me sometimes, cause I have my own things and papers and essays to do, it’s so nice to help people with what they have trouble doing.
To be honest it kind of made me smile at the fact that one of my friends picked up on it saying how I always have time to help her no matter what and I’m always glad to do it. Honestly, when she said that I was like “praise God, cause that’s not me it’s Him.” Cause if you think about it, there is no reason at all I should be happy about editing papers and essays for people while I have my own things to go to but honestly, God’s joy is my strength. His joy is OUR STRENGTH! Honestly, guys when it talks about Jesus dying on the cross it said that He endured it the cross for the joy set before Him (Hebrews 12:2). That joy was His PRIZE for enduring the CROSS. Joy. The thing that God allows us unlimited access to through His son Jesus. The same joy Jesus received for going through so much for us is the same joy we HAVE!!!! **I don’t know if this is hitting you like it did to me but lol** Anyways, with access to that kind of joy, why on earth would I not respond in happiness, even when the thing I am responding to might cause me pain or make me tired or whatever! Because of the joy of the Lord it’s all worth it. So that’s one thing God’s been teaching me about love. That because I have unlimited access to His joy, at all times, I have no reason not to reject someones request that might cause me to be tired because His joy is (literally) my strength.
Anyways, so the friend I’m talking about actually slowly I get chances to briefly tell her about what I believe in and randomly on the bus and in school when we bump into each other I have gotten to share something small (like really small about God) and so far she’s reacted really positively to it. I pray God uses me to somehow be used in her life to bring glory to God cause she already notices something different with the way I am so yeah.
Oh, something else actually! Today (Day 105) was kinda special because I learned to love someone by listening. To be honest, I’ve been thinking about how I used to always be more of a listener in conversations but I’ve learned to speak more and be more comfortable around people by conversing more. But I think I’ve slowly been forgetting how to listen and what blessing there is in listening. It’s been in my head a lot recently about how I don’t mean to do this but always bring the conversation back to me, but that’s not good! I need to learn to be quiet and just listen more. So today that’s what I did. I spoke a bit about myself and shared what was asked then I let people speak. I let them share what was on their heart and I was so blessed by it. Wow, I thank God for that blessing and bringing it to my attention. But yeah, another way to love is to just listen. It’s actually such a blessing and that will be my challenge I leave for you this time.
Love you all! Peace :)
