Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works. Hebrews 10:24 (NLT)
Last night my husband and I met with some friends for dinner. I’ve known this couple for many, many years. As we reminisced a little about some of the people we’d known in the past, they recounted a story about something that happened in our church quite a few years ago.
Their family was going through a really difficult time. Things were heading in a downward trend. His wife called a friend from the church and said that she was ready to give up. Not too long from when they hung up the phone, a group from the church was standing on their door step. They were there to sort through it with them, lend support and encourage them.
That act of brotherly love changed the course for their family.
We talked about why we don’t do this more often. The Bible is clear (in today’s verse and others) that we are to help each other. Of course, that doesn’t mean going around interjecting your opinion and trying to force people to do what you think; but truly encouraging and supporting each other through difficult times.
These acts of love are to start with prayer - lots of prayer. Through prayer and listening to the Holy Spirit we can move forward and support. It is not our job to convince someone to do something, it is the Holy Spirit’s job. Our job is to be Jesus with skin on and to encourage each other with Godly wisdom and support.
Maybe, just maybe, if we took this more seriously and loved each other selflessly, our world would have less families in crisis and more stories of healing. What do you think?