The verse Luke 6:38 says "Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.” It's one of the memory verses I have been working on this year and I was led to share it in hearing my dad talk about sharing the bounty from our fig tree. We are blessed with so many things in life and when we allow God to take them from our hands and pour them out on others then they are often times multiplied even more in our lives. It's the same with the bad stuff. If we allow the pressing, and shaking and pouring out of our stories of hurt and anger then we are able to draw alongside someone and help them in their struggles.
As I was writing this I looked back at Luke 6:37 “Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. Just as we are not to judge or condemn - we are to forgive and lift and comfort those as we have been comforted and forgiven and lifted up. God has given me life experiences that have allowed me to be cracked and broken down at times and I feel very strongly that now those cracks and broken places are what He plans to pour His love through to reach those around me.
I lean toward being very introverted and at times scared of being around people so when I do find the connections that He places in my life they are usually very intentionally put there for me to somehow use what I've learned to lift someone else or to learn from someone else's brokenness.
So for today, my place is right where I am, mother, daughter, teacher, girlfriend and friend. I just pray God continues to send me the opportunities to allow His love to shine through the cracks of my life.
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