I was just sitting here in the local cafe having some coffee and little bite to eat and decided to vent. It is my hope that you take what you need from this excerpt. It’s amazing that in this time and season of life, we have so many people focusing inward that we’ve lost the ability to see as visionaries.
We talk about how the changes in government affect us, how the economy is making things difficult for us to make the ends meets the way they use to, how the temperature the in workplace is changing and affecting us, etc…
What needs to happen: we need to be looking at the full picture and recognizing that when changes happen on a large scale, it affects more than just us and those who are in close proximity.
Working in the healthcare field, I have had the privilege of seeing those on the front line (doctors & nurses) respond with care, empathy, sympathy, and patience (which is needed in a lot more of the situations they face on a daily).
Encountering patients with estranged loved ones have no one to visit them or inquire about them makes your heart ache. They’re responsible for themselves in a big way (they can’t forget any of the important details – there is no one to remind them). And the older they are, the sadder the situation.
On the “flip side”, you have the patients whose family members are at their bedside and they’re hyper vigilant about making sure the medical staff is giving their loved ones the right amount of attention to the point where they’re exhausting the staff’s patience. These situations may be a little frustrating, but it warms your heart. We should all be so blessed to have loved ones standing up when we can’t. But, I digress….
My purpose of writing this is not only to vent, but to also get you to check your temperature and note where you are mentally and emotionally in this season. Things seem to only be getting worse. But, what if they didn’t have to be. What if we took everything we feared and really practiced casting our cares on the One who is at the helm and promises never to leave nor forsake us. What if we truly trusted in the One who created the heavens and the earth realizing that ALL things work for our good.
So, how are you? Are you looking at the total picture, or only what affects you and those close to you? Yes, charity does begin at home. But remember that the visionary looks ahead in order to know what “home” needs.
The FLOW 