I found out something today… one of the most
beautiful looking people I have ever seen in my life took his own life. I mean, for real, this guy… knocked me off my feet.
He lost his job and whatever else, he took his
own life.
As beautiful as I thought this guy was, I never
ever had the nerve to talk to him. He
was “out of my league”.
Can I tell you something? I have made myself sick.
That guy mattered. And I don’t even know his name.
What was I thinking “out of my league”? that’s so absolutely ridiculous.
What if I would have been brave and talked to
him? What if I would have befriended
him?
Oh what if?
I can live in what if’s but I can live in the “I
will” place. I will treat each person I
meet just like God would, with love. I
will be brave.
Immediately I think of Joshua 1 where God just
spells it out, simply… BE BRAVE – I will go with your wherever you go.
Look at these verses:
After
the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, the Lord said to Joshua son of Nun,
Moses’ aide:
2 “Moses my servant is
dead. Now then, you and all these people, get ready to cross the Jordan River
into the land I am about to give to them—to the Israelites. 3 I will give you every place
where you set your foot, as I promised Moses. 4 Your territory will extend from the desert to
Lebanon, and from the great river, the Euphrates—all the Hittite country—to the
Mediterranean Sea in the west. 5 No one will be able to stand against you all the
days of your life. (If God is
for me, who can be against me??) As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I
will never leave you nor forsake you. (no matter how hard something is,
He’s not going anywhere!) 6 Be
strong and courageous, because you will lead these people to inherit the land I
swore to their ancestors to give them. (He has come before me!!!)
7 “Be strong
and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you
(do what He asks!!!); do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you
may be successful wherever you go. (even if I mess it up, He will use it
for good – Romans 8:28)
8 Keep this Book of the
Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be
careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and
successful. (This makes me think of John 1 –
The word was with God, and it was God) 9 Have
I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be
discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you
wherever you go.”I read this and I can’t help but think “God, I am so thankful for the call You have put me, and I am thankful You never leave me… Here I am…. Send me! I won’t promise that I might not ever get nervous, but I promise, I will go, and I will just reach out for Your hand… that I KNOW it will ALWAYS be there”
I will probably always be regretful that I didn't say anything to that man, but I will use it as a lesson to love bigger and deeper.
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