But, support systems can be good and not so good. We should not form cliques to support selfish desires. Our main purpose should not be to divide ...we should unite with truth, but not if we value more of the unity than we do the truth.
There are just some things that are not healthy ...they may feel good, and even right at the time, but perhaps we are not seeing the full picture.
Perhaps we don't want to see the real picture. We want to be a painter ...and paint our own picture.
Perhaps we want to paint over an old picture that we no longer value.
Or perhaps we choose to stain it instead ...to have it bleed down below the surface.
How do we make sense of all this?
There are just some things that are not healthy ...they may feel good, and even right at the time, but perhaps we are not seeing the full picture.
Perhaps we don't want to see the real picture. We want to be a painter ...and paint our own picture.
Perhaps we want to paint over an old picture that we no longer value.
Or perhaps we choose to stain it instead ...to have it bleed down below the surface.
How do we make sense of all this?
- We choose each day what news to listen to, or watch.
- We choose what TV we watch.
- We choose, for the most part, what company we keep
- We choose how to begin our day, not by what happens around us, but by how we approach it
- We choose in the same way, how we end each day
- We choose how we view the past
- We choose how we view the future
This is all part of our support group. We support much of our life by our own choices. And I believe it would be best to make wise ones.
You don't go to the local bar for your Alcoholics Anonymous group.
And perhaps it's not wise to invite the fox to the hen house meeting.
What is wise, and what support can we then have?
I would think we should look first to the Bible for our support ...accept the stain that Jesus left, that does not mark us for life, but frees us for eternal life.
I've been told that the best therapy for someone who feels down, is to find someone else who is down and help them ...but don't help them complain. Help meet their needs, don't match their struggles.
If someone is mad, only tell them of your own struggles and grievances if your intent is to also share how you overcame them. If someone is in a pit, be careful how you lend a hand ...likely you'll need more than one person or perhaps a tow truck, or you may end up in the pit beside them.
If someone needs shelter, provide them shelter. If someone needs food, then feed them. If someone needs medical help, assist in arranging it.
If someone wants to talk, listen. But, also tell them about Jesus. If they say they know about Jesus ...then talk about your mutual Friend.
And perhaps it's not wise to invite the fox to the hen house meeting.
What is wise, and what support can we then have?
I would think we should look first to the Bible for our support ...accept the stain that Jesus left, that does not mark us for life, but frees us for eternal life.
I've been told that the best therapy for someone who feels down, is to find someone else who is down and help them ...but don't help them complain. Help meet their needs, don't match their struggles.
If someone is mad, only tell them of your own struggles and grievances if your intent is to also share how you overcame them. If someone is in a pit, be careful how you lend a hand ...likely you'll need more than one person or perhaps a tow truck, or you may end up in the pit beside them.
If someone needs shelter, provide them shelter. If someone needs food, then feed them. If someone needs medical help, assist in arranging it.
If someone wants to talk, listen. But, also tell them about Jesus. If they say they know about Jesus ...then talk about your mutual Friend.
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