Last night I watched "The Voice." This is a show I love each time I tune in. Problem is, I have ADD T.V. viewing habits and have never been able to discipline myself to know when and where a certain show comes on so that I can faithfully tune in. The upside of this is that I have never been a T.V. addict. Counting my blessings.
Back to "The Voice." Found myself crying along with a teenage girl from Nashville as she was sent home. She left the stage, not bothering to put on a brave face or to hide her tears. She was just sad. I was sad for her! I loved the fact that she let the mask slip and showed the world that she wanted this and it did not happen and that she was very, very sad.
I find myself wondering this morning if we were all as transparent with each other, not to the point of oversharing or bringing others down in a pity party manner, but simply more open about our failings and struggles as one believer in Christ to another, if there would not be a better sharing of each other's burdens and a sense of relief as we see that those who have it all together in an area in which we struggle (staying away from excessive sugar is, for me, like fighting a 700 lb croc that's got me in a death roll) has their own daily battle to turn over something else and call on the Lord's strength to get by temptation.
I try to open up here and there about my weaknesses. I want to be the hand up to a person who has cried bitter, bitter tears and feels, for lack of a better term, "stuck," in a particular sin pattern. I want them to understand that, not only are they forgiven, but there is tremendous grace waiting to be released upon their situation. Strength to help in time of need. The Bible says in 2 Peter that "the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations." (NKJV) If we will listen to His voice and hearken to His wise counsel concerning where to go, how to spend out time and who to fellowship with, the process of accepting freedom from the bondage of sinful habit will be so much easier. The Lord will do the heavy lifting.
Back to "The Voice." Found myself crying along with a teenage girl from Nashville as she was sent home. She left the stage, not bothering to put on a brave face or to hide her tears. She was just sad. I was sad for her! I loved the fact that she let the mask slip and showed the world that she wanted this and it did not happen and that she was very, very sad.
I find myself wondering this morning if we were all as transparent with each other, not to the point of oversharing or bringing others down in a pity party manner, but simply more open about our failings and struggles as one believer in Christ to another, if there would not be a better sharing of each other's burdens and a sense of relief as we see that those who have it all together in an area in which we struggle (staying away from excessive sugar is, for me, like fighting a 700 lb croc that's got me in a death roll) has their own daily battle to turn over something else and call on the Lord's strength to get by temptation.
I try to open up here and there about my weaknesses. I want to be the hand up to a person who has cried bitter, bitter tears and feels, for lack of a better term, "stuck," in a particular sin pattern. I want them to understand that, not only are they forgiven, but there is tremendous grace waiting to be released upon their situation. Strength to help in time of need. The Bible says in 2 Peter that "the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations." (NKJV) If we will listen to His voice and hearken to His wise counsel concerning where to go, how to spend out time and who to fellowship with, the process of accepting freedom from the bondage of sinful habit will be so much easier. The Lord will do the heavy lifting.
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