God's Lessons

My summer is almost half over and God is teaching a lot of things. I know that I have already mentioned how Mark 6:34 is being driven into my life. I am slowly learning to see people how Jesus saw them, to see them with compassion. Being in New York just the little time that I have, I have caught myself getting caught up in the business of the city and the materialism of the city. There are times that I find myself just ignoring those around me because I just want to get to where I am going. It is sad but it is true. But at the same time, I see my heart for compassion growing. I have helped a man eat dinner one night and was able to be a light to him, even if it was just for a few moments. I have started thinking of ways that I can help back in Joplin and even Wichita, of ways that I can live out my life in a more full way.

It gives new meaning to what Jesus said to his disciples in John 10:10. He says "I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full." Jesus was in a discussion with them describing who he was; describing to him that he was the Good Shepherd and the Gatekeeper. We are his sheep that he keeps his watches over. Only when we know that Jesus came to give us life and that we know that he holds us in his hands, will we have life to full. We must live out our faith if we are going to live a full life.

Heavenly Father, I pray that you continue to mold me and shape into the person that you want me to be. I am learning a lot here in the city and I ask that you continue to teach me throughout whatever way you wish. I ask that you help me to live out my life fully and let others know that I follow you. Please continue to give me the courage to reach out to those I see and to take the opportunities that you give me. Amen.