“You don’t have to fix everyone. Just love them, and let God do the rest.”
I had to read that a few times.
You don’t have to fix everyone…how often do we try to do that?
I’m not proud to admit it…but I suppose I do.
I want to fix things.
But sometimes, I’ll admit with humility, I want to fix people.
I want to help them to be “better”.
But, maybe if I’m being honest with myself, maybe I just want to mold them into the version I want to see.
YIKES!…where did that come from?!?
I knew this writing project would raise questions but I didn’t quite expect the self-awareness that might arise.
So what shall I do with this newly found awareness?
I’ll need to sit with it. Sit with this passage. And sit with God in prayer.
The passage reads, “mercy goes beyond what is owed and offers what is needed”.
“Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.” Luke 6:36
In those words I hear acceptance. Seeing, hearing, loving, extending mercy…not judgement or critique.
“In this way, we imitate God. When we look at others through a lens of compassion, we begin to see them as God sees us: Broken…but beloved.”
All of us are broken, in one way or another, even still…we are beloved.
“Father, let me mirror Your mercy today – in thought, word, action, and silence”. Amen.
