Posting on the Go: Desert Song reminded me...

Okay, I'm going to make this quick. I'm sitting in my car waiting to pick my sister up to grab lunch, listening to my praise station on Pandora and a song I haven't heard in years just came on...

It's a classic, if you ask me. If you don't know it, Google it right now and listen, because you need to know it. The last few weeks I have heard from friends, family, and new acquaintances all going through various trials. Sick children, hollow marriages, lonely seasons, struggles at work.  In each conversation, I have given encouragement and comfort where I could.   I've texted scriptures and left prayers on voicemails. And I have felt inadequate in so many of these moments. It is harder to watch those I love suffer than it is to go through things myself, especially knowing I can't fix anything. 

As I sang along with the chorus I thought of those recent conversations and how many of those women are still having to bring praise in the midst of very tough seasons. And then I got to the final verse: 

    This is my prayer in the harvest

    When favor and providence flow

    I know I'm filled to be emptied again

    The seed I've received I will sow

I'm so thankful that God allows us all to have peaceful seasons, times in our lives when we aren't going through a crisis, so we can be the encouragers for others. However inadequate I may feel in those moments, I am fulfilling my God-given purpose when I am available to listen to, encourage, and support others through their hard times. We will all have difficult seasons, but in our good seasons let us not forget to love on others, to pour out God's love on others, and to not diminish the value of that opportunity. 

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction so that we will be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. 

2 Corinthians 1:3-4 

What season are you in?  If you are in a troubled season let me encourage you to keep praising and trust God for the victory. If you are in a peaceful season, look around you for someone to pour into. Sow the seed you have received.  Please, share your current season in the comments below. I'd love to pray for you!