Have you ever been doing or saying something and all of the sudden you get this major thought or revelation?
One day while out driving I passed a church, and I was able to glance at their sign. That sign read "LETS STOP POINTING THE FINGER, AND START HOLD OUT OUR HAND."
Now stop and really think about that phrase. Are you a person who points the finger at everything? Or are you more of a person to lend a hand to one another?
I thought about how much I myself point the finger at a situation? If you really think about you’d be surprised, and maybe even disappointed in yourself. I know I was, and I feel like in the current social climate that we are in, people believe that the first point of action when seeing something is to always be on the attack. What happened to trying to listen and finding a sense of understanding and compassion from another perspective other than your own? We should honestly be covering one another in love, not covering each other with a comment.
"LOVE THINKS AND DOES THE BEST"
Go to your favorite social media platform whether it be Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram etc. and it could be any post or article and just look at the comments. I guarantee you that you will find at least 80% or more of the comments posted come from a place of someone wanting to give their two cents on the issue, wanting to start a fight, or just want to come off as right. Why does it have to be this way? Why aren’t there more people who come from a place of love and understanding? The Earth is dark enough as it is and doesn’t need any contribution to darkness and destruction from us. I’ve seen post from people and even believers like myself and said “WHERE IS THE HUMANITY HERE?” WHERE IS THE SAME LOVE, GRACE, AND MERCY THAT JESUS CAME ON THIS EARTH TO GIVE US?”
I've personally only have had a couple of moments in life where people wanted to take their precious time to comment something out of pocket on one of my post, and that's fine (I lost no sleep over it). I have been to videos and post of others and looked at the comment section and seen how savage some people have been. I have even witness some go as far as taking a screenshot and posting it as their own to bash the person who originally posted it. Really people? We can find something better or constructive to do with your time.
In the Bible there is a scripture:
1 Corinthians 13:4-8 Passion Translation (TPT)
4 Love is large and incredibly patient. Love is gentle and consistently kind to all. It refuses to be jealous when blessing comes to someone else. Love does not brag about one’s achievements nor inflate its own importance. 5 Love does not traffic in shame and disrespect, nor selfishly seek its own honor. Love is not easily irritated or quick to take offense. 6 Love joyfully celebrates honesty and finds no delight in what is wrong. 7 Love is a safe place of shelter,for it never stops believing the best for others. Love never takes failure as defeat, for it never gives up. 8 Love never stops loving. It extends beyond the gift of prophecy, which eventually fades away. It is more enduring than tongues, which will one day fall silent. Love remains long after words of knowledge are forgotten.
I know I can't have it all my way, but it would be nice if we all strive to do better in this area. Especially for the generation coming up, we shouldn’t still have to be dealing with issues that we had to deal with 20, 30, 50 years ago. Those who don’t know their history are doomed to repeat it. We can’t keep doing the same thing and expecting different results. I believe we all CAN and have a right to speak up against things we don't like, but we don't HAVE to? And there is certainly a message that needs to come across to people but its our methods where we are tripping up at.
The great thing about planet Earth is that it is full of DIFFERENT people with a DIFFERENT perspective on life and situations. This comes from a combination of how they were raised, experiences, and life. Think about someone who is completely different than you and I bet if you really sat down and had a conversation with them you would find some things you don’t agree on, but I guarantee you would find things you have common. We should be learning from one another and really taking moments to listen before we speak. Someone once told me to “Listen to listen, and not always listen to answer.” Just because we don’t agree on some things doesn’t mean we can't come to some understanding.
I know we all want to see our current world change for the better, but how is that ever to be done if we don't look to see what we ourselves need to change first. Some of you reading might even think this is small or no big deal. But how are we ever going to take on the big things we are faced with if we don't tackle the small things first? My advice is to love......Love covers one another. 1 Peter 4:8 TPT "Above all, constantly echo God's intense love for one another..."
So instead of pointing the finger to hold someone down, let's hold out our hand to lift one another up.
-Davon
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