We write our friends, call our friends, skype with our friends, messenger our friends, text our friends, and reach out to them in all kinds of ways these days. But sitting in the living room of our hearts in front of the fireplace is a friend often passed by.
What a friend we have in Jesus. Yet many times we overlook Him until the last minute when we are at our wit’s end and don’t know what to do. I don’t want to overlook Him. I want Him to be the first one I call.
So why do we tend to call on Him last? Could it be we want human apathy? We want someone who has gone through what we have gone through? Well, the Bible tells us that Jesus is God and man. He has had the earthly experience. He has faced betrayal, abandonment, being beaten, spat upon, nailed to a cross, depression in the garden of Gethsemane, and the crowds who wanted more and more from Him to which He gladly gave of Himself day after day. We are told that He can sympathize with us.
15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.
Hebrews 4:15 ESV
He even understands the depth of our temptations. Yet we call our friends first. Don’t we all want to call on Jesus first in every situation? This should be the state of our heart if we want to follow Him.
Won’t you join me in a challenge to call on Jesus first in everything? To love the Lord our GOd with all our heart and all our soul and with all our mind. Carrying everything to God in prayer Beloved.
Really y’all I’m just another Samaritan woman seeking living water and pouring out where I see need for encouragement. I am 48, mother to four girls ages 16-26, Gigi to the most handsome 2-year-old little boy, Fibromyalgia warrior, minister, writer, and a lifetime learner.
I am writing my first book, slowly but surely, six chapters in, as our blessed first love has called me to share His glory in my story. I feel lost in that familiar desert place, and thankful for the manna that is there miraculously every day. I am overcoming hour by hour the condemning voices of the enemy and learning to love myself. It has been an arduous journey. This wordsmith journey, but so worth it.
I became a licensed minister in 2010. However, I do not currently work in the ministry. I share Christ's love through devotional blogging. I have a degree in Church Ministry, was pursuing my degree in Christian Care and Counseling at Oral Roberts University, but now am pursuing Life Coaching, and Neurolinguistic Programming Master Practioner Certifications and a business license.
I am a certified women’s biblical counselor through the Extraordinary Women's program at Light University. I am working on their Addiction and Recovery program now too. Yes, I am a glutton for punishment with a wealth of life experiences with which I can minister comfort to others. I'm a lover of a good book, writing, singing, and music, and my nemesis is the perpetual laundry pile. Blessings to you and yours, <3Melinda
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