People are too busy for time with God and for other people today.
Pause, slow down, no more so. Stop, take a moment and focus on that next individual you meet. Ask some wise questions to learn their story, their hopes, and some of their needs.. and listen well cuz they matter! Ask if you can share a Scripture as the Lord leads.
Jesus cares about them more than anyone else does, and He never rushed through a crowd. He took the time for ordinary sinners like you and me. Come to, or come back to.. Jesus. Yes, now on His terms instead of on your terms.
Does God quit on us after we've repented and believed in His Son Jesus? Nope, He sees us today, wherever we go. He loves us too much.. so So SO MUCH.. to much to take His eyes off of us.
How did Jesus describe His purpose here?
"For the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost." Matthew 18:11
“Remember that a person's name is to that person, the sweetest and most important sound in any language.” ~ Dale Carnegie
It's never about the crowd, it's about the one. That one with a name, with a heart, with a soul, with feelings and a future destiny!
"Everyone you meet has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, 'Make me feel important.' Never forget this message when working with people.'" ~ Mary Kay Ash (..feel Loved and respected. She and Zig Ziglar went to my Dallas area church here)
"I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servantfn of the church at Cenchreae, that you may welcome her in the Lord in a way worthy of the saints, and help her in whatever she may need from you, for she has been a patron of many and of myself as well." Rom. 16:1-2.
Phoebe carried this letter of Paul to Rome in her skirt. A vessel of honor, yes an ordinary woman with an extraordinary vertical relationship, a lady to be honored, a worthy woman who ministered in the church.
