“One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.”
–Abraham Maslow
How amazing does it feel when someone says: “I’ll be there for you!” It makes me feel loved, appreciated and cherished. To realize that someone else cares for you so much that they will be there when you need them.
No matter what you go through or all the places you’ll venture through, they’ll be there for you.
On the other hand, that feeling I get when I tell someone else that I’ll be there for them, makes me feel just as good because of the reaction I get from that person. To offer compassion willingly to someone else is a true act of our greatest example – Jesus. Our loving God reveals the perfect example of how He originally designed us to live.
Don’t fall prey to the weaknesses of the flesh, soar above those shortcomings and demonstrate your qualities of the Spirit that God has blessed you with. Grow from strength to strength by enhancing your best qualities. Those qualities that are rewarded with applause, appreciation and praise. Enhance those qualities that fill you with integrity and humility. Stay true, be you, but be the best version of you.
“For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are – yet he did not sin.” – Hebrews 4:15 NIV
Make a conscious effort today to consistently show compassion to others by displaying humility, peace and love. Embrace these beautiful qualities our God has given us.
