Impacting Persons One At A Time!
The issues which ultimately impact individual lives, are not necessarily sensational experiences, the most expensive items given, nor that which involves much public display. Instead, they entail meaningful, simple acts of kindness silently performed for the benefit of other people.
Every single day, an important item in my prayers is the request: “Dear God, help me positively to touch someone today, by word or deed!” Repeatedly the Lord grants that petition by making me more alert to a variety of situations around me, showing me the way on how best to respond to each. Our most significant task on earth is to make a difference for good!
There is no greater joy than to end each day and look back, recognizing some good done, some word of cheer conveyed, or any other tangible means of making another life better in some way. It may come through a smile we inspire, a cheer we offer, a word we say, or a small gift we provide!
In my roles as a public speaker, I address several groups weekly. Quite often, these are pre-planned and scheduled, while at other occasions more spontaneously given. Yet, in either case I attempt always to provide positive reminders and encouraging thoughts as genuine uplifts to people.
I’m often amazed at how little it takes to impact another person if we are proper in all our ways, choosing our words carefully as the vehicles which can best make an indelible difference in those who see and hear me. My caring agenda has no hidden items nor motives!
In stores and restaurants, as well as other public establishments, workers often meet with uncaring persons who deal with them unkindly. We can make a vital difference by restoring their sense of personal worth through the tenderness with which we approach them, by the kind words we use toward them, by our positive posture in meeting them.
All this must stem from a loving heart, attuned to the pulsations of God’s own heart. What we say or do should spring from sincere motives or that will make no difference whatsoever. It can never represent flattery, for that can easily be uncovered and promptly discarded!
A Christian may know the theological vocabulary well, may quote Scripture profusely, may defend the faith accurately. But unless one speaks the language of love to one’s neighbor, all else is of no avail. Individually and collectively, Christians should strive to meet the real, emotional malnourishment prevalent in society today!
While all seek their own, make it your goal to go after the things of Christ, and translate them into good deeds for the benefit of others. Your concrete love for persons validates your professed love for God! Therefore, never put off an act of caring, for tomorrow you may be unable to fulfill it.
