My new favorite song is Give Me Your Eyes by Brandon Heath (listen here). The more I listen to it, the more I think about how differently we would see things if we could see them through God's eyes.
And I think that glimpse would carry more pain and sorrow than we could take, so it's a good thing we can't really see all that God sees in a second.
I was having a conversation with someone today who was expressing their annoyance with a co-worker who needed a ride to the doctor, and no one would help her (the co-worker). This woman is abused by her husband, has financial problems and a possible addiction to prescription painkillers. I was shocked that no one could be bothered to disrupt their lunch plans to take her to the doctor. The reason I was given, was that if they helped her, she would expect them to help her all the time, and then they could never get anything done for themselves, if they spent all their time helping her.
I bit back my opinion, and all I could hear was the lyric from the chorus of this song and thought what it must be like to walk in this woman's shoes. I know it has to be difficult. Aren't we, however, as Christians, supposed to love and care for others, even putting their needs above our own?
This brings me to another question which is a very valid point. Where do you draw the line? I am considering full time missions/ministry work...where do I draw the boundary in pouring out Christ's love for others, and keeping myself sane?
For me, (I like to think) I would keep giving until I had nothing left. I just don't see how I couldn't. I doubt anyone reads this, or will comment, but if you are out there in internet land, do you have any thoughts?
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