“Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.” (Philippians 2:3-4) One of the best ways we can address our own pain and suffering is by pouring into the lives of others. Putting the interests of others above our own may cause us to feel vulnerable, a feeling many are not comfortable with. If we are inclined to want to be in control, being vulnerable, by making sacrifices can be quite uncomfortable. Yet, it is a necessary part of connecting with others. When we make sacrifices we don’t get to decide what that looks like or control the experience. We simply just submit to the power of God. It doesn’t take much. It can be as simple as reaching down to pick up something that someone dropped or offering a smile when it may be the last thing we feel like doing. It is simply a matter of making ourselves available and allowing people access to us. Dr. Nemo, in Psychology Today wrote, “After a talk by famed psychiatrist Karl Menninger, an audience member asked what to do about a patient who felt a nervous breakdown coming on. Everyone expected Menninger to recommend drugs or in-depth therapy. Instead, he suggested, ‘Leave your house, find someone in need, and do something to help that person.’” "My brethren, you must not live to yourselves; the accumulation of money, the bringing up of your children, the building of houses, the earning of your daily bread, all this you may do; but there must be a greater object than this if you are to be Christlike, as you should be, since you are bought with Jesus' blood. Begin to live for others, make it apparent unto all men that you are not yourselves the end-all and be-all of your own existence, but that you are spending and being spent, that through the good you do to men God may be glorified, and Christ may see in you his own image and be satisfied." Charles Spurgeon GiGi❤️
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