God has had me on a journey over the last year or so. I am usually very unaware of most spiritual stuff that happens around me. I can sense things when I am in big crowds, like at church when God does amazing stuff, but not when it's just me. So when God gives me glimpses of his heart for others this is an amazing revelation for me. I have always cared about others but to read about the hurt in a friends life and have my heart broken like Jesus' is a new and amazing feeling.
This week God gave me the realization that I need to start praying for someone who is causing stress and tension in both Ehren's and my lives. It has been so easy to focus on how this person angers me and treats others poorly. It is so easy to look at their life and see how drastically it has changed over the last couple years and just wonder and feel frustrated with current actions and attitudes than it is to look at that person through the eyes of Jesus. Jesus told us to pray for our enemies and to be kind to them. I realized that when I pray for this person no longer do I focus on how I feel about this situation but instead I can see how they need the love of Jesus and grace for this moment in their life.
Thank you Lord for showing me more of you.
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