Being Hope...

I once told my sister-in-law that I was ok with not being around people. She said, “Really?” But you seem to love being around people.” And it got me thinking, “Why do I do what I do?” Honestly it’s not in my human nature to always want to listen to people and their problems or problem-solve their issues or extend my hand to help. I would much rather sit at home and watch a good movie or read a good book. Though this is my nature there is something I have come to recently truly start to understand. Every day I am more drawn to become like Christ who spent time loving people and not choosing who and when to love. All that I am and all that I do is not in my natural human drive, but because of the life I have in God I desire to be a truth seeker, and take the truth to people in such a way that is attractive to them. I love because He loves me at my worst; I show compassion because of His unconditional compassion for me. I hope for the hopeless because of the hope I have in Him.