Hurting with People

Hey everybody, who's stumbled across this blog. God knows you by name. From the before the beginning of the world He knew you.

Hope you're all doing ok...
If you're not, then I hope this will encourage you,
I wanted to share this with you anyway.

On Monday morning, before I walked into my form room at school, I had this thought.
If I was already sitting at my desk, and Jesus came into the room, God's only Son. What kind of person would He be? Jesus was gentle and humble - God's Spirit was on upon Him - He felt and knew people's needs - He shared emotionally wiith them - He loved people.

Isaiah 42:3 (New International Version)
A bruised reed he will not break,
and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out.
In faithfulness he will bring forth justice;

So I should try and do the same.
Because I might be the only person in some peoples' lives who ever tries to show love or listen to them.
Could Jesus touch people on a Monday morning through me just spending time with people?
I could just hang with them and be a friend to them.
I never thought of evangelism that way before. Before it was me wanting to see the end result. I wanted to just see people saved.

But I myself have taken so long to grow into knowing - that God actually does love me.
Other people may well take time to recognise that as well.
And I have friends at school who come from much worse circumstances than I do. They need someone to love them and listen to them. To share with them emotionally. Not someone so warped with a passion for God that they can't relate to them. Jesus was passionate about His Heavenly Father. But He was still able to listen care and love for people. He was balanced

So in trying to emulate that at school. I learn't a few things about loving people. I'm quite restless in conversation with people.
Maybe I need to be a little more peaceful, a bit more quiet, and listen to people.

Depressed people are going to find it hard to see the bright side. And there are so many people at school who are depressed.
I'm glad sometime I feel down and depressed myself. All the better I can know what it's like to be in the shoes of some people I know.

Isaiah 53:4 (New International Version)
Surely he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows...

If this is waht Jesus did, as His diciples let us do the same. Lets show the same love to the world that was shown to us. Let us carry our lights and let them shine.
So lets reach out to heal and support. Don't break brusied reeds or snuff out smoldering wicks. People so often feel like that.

Looking back on the week, God has touched people.
This is how He helped me...
On Thursday night I got a sore throat - and It was one of those really horrible ones. I'm wrting this Sunday morning and I still feel it a bit. Thursday and Friday were really hectic. Stress packed and too tired to concentrate on stuff, I really felt like throwing in the towel as far as school work was concerned.

But guess what?
So many of my mates were feeling the same.
In fact they often feel incredibly depressed and stressed. They just want a break.
It must hurt so much more to have to deal with the pressure of life and A-Levels and hormones when you don't know Jesus your Saviour.

I can understand why they go out and get drunk on the weekends sometimes - they want a way out - they want to enjoy themselves. I'm not saying that they go the right way about it, but that I feel for them.

I'm glad I was overliad with needing to do school work without the time to do it.
I'm glad my throat was caning me.
I'm glad I felt like giving it up.
Even Jesus felt the same before the cross - But He submited to His Father's will and loved the world by taking the wiegth of our sin for us - so we could be free.
Jesus shared in our humanity. He felt as we do.
I'm glad that I will go through pain like Him and like others I know. It allows me to share in His experinece - and to reach out to others better.

So smiles it's smiles for me
I pray it will be also for you

Thanks to God for being so good, and thanks for all the other things You've done this week that have ben so encouraging. Thanks for everyone reading - I pray that You bless them and encourage them wherever they are emotionally or physically.
Thanks that You are here God by You Spirit.
Thanks for being my Counsellor and all that that entails.
Thanks for being their Counsellor and their friend.
At school - take all of me God - Be the Saviour of my friends through me.
Be the comforter of the people I know
Be the healer of those I know
Be the befriender of those I don't
Be the hope of people.

Amen