What a missed opportunity to love one who longs for love. Many wait for us to go love them where they are. Are we looking for the open door to do so? God places people in our lives daily for us to notice.. He gives us chances to shine a light and fill a need only He sees. Is there one in your midst waiting for the love of Jesus through YOU..His people? We do not have to look far to find them..do the work of an evangelist. Much of the gospel is portrayed by what we do..not what we say. On the contrary..much of the gospel is ill received because what we do does not resemble what we say. Oh how love should spill over from our hearts for that one chance to love someone to life. Are we willing to stop and invest in others? When our callings become more important than people..then we have lost the heart of God. For He healed a woman on the way to raise the dead. The woman was as important to Him..as the one dying.For He forsakes not one at the expense of the other.

The Man..

 There once was a man with sadness of heart.

 

A longing for love deep in his thoughts.

 

And one day the hope to help and to give

 

Praying in secret that the gift would be his.

 

The gift of a friendship which he had not known

 

A friend born of God who could help with his soul.

 

With delight in his heart and joy in his eyes

 

He gave what he had in loving surprise.

 

With time came pain, confusion, distress;

 

For seems that this love would not pass thy test

 

For as his burdens increased in the night

 

There was no friend to come by his side.

 

The man wondered why he was left all alone

 

After giving his heart and things that he owned

 

For all that he wanted was to love and be loved

 

But hope was now lost to learn from above.

 

He sat in the dark wondering who to trust

 

He wondered about Jesus..”what’s all the fuss?”

 

He read of His tenderness and enduring love

 

With tears in his pillow he chose to stay tough.

 

He vowed he would never return to a place

 

That called itself “church” or followers of “The Way.”

 

Lost to the path of eternal life

 

While children of God merely walked by.

 

 

Father…give us your eyes to see. Give me another chance to love one I have missed. Give me the unction to drop all that seems important to me..for that which is important to you. For I fear I have erred many times. My plans have overridden your heart for others. I have not loved thy neighbor as thyself well. But I want to try again. Send me another chance that I may win them for you…listen with your ears…love like you do. Let me learn well this lesson. Let me be known for the pursuit of the hurting. Let me be first in line to love the broken. Let me be known for abandoning my post to sit with a lost sheep. Then thrill me as I watch them come to life with you..