Jonathots Daily Blog
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Some people are stained glass
Others, just stained
Either way, we’re hurtin’
Our flaws bring us pain
Or is it that our pain invites the flaws?
Who knows?
Stained-glassers focus on the flaws
Stainers, on the pain
But both remain
And it is useless to counsel a leper
And mean-spirited to offer a good book to a blind man
I awakened in the middle of the night, finding myself deep in thought. I like that. I believe life should be a balance between discouragement and satisfaction, exhorting us toward greater discovery. As I was quietly lying in my bed reflecting, a sense of well-being and warmth filled my soul.
Some folks would become cynical if I suggested God was speaking to me. They would insist I was just being prodded by my own conscience. To each his own.
But the revelation was that it is beautiful that I am traveling, excellent to share my life with tens of thousands of people, smart to write daily columns and ingenious to always be trying to update the material and the message to reach a specific gathered audience.
Then a yearning came. I don’t know how else to describe it. It was the realization that even after all these projects and outreaches are done, I still have time on my hands. After all, the bills are paid. I often have a little extra money.
Time and money–the dynamic duo. When they work together, lives can be changed.
In that moment of quiet, I was strongly impressed to take a small purse of cash–what I now refer to as a “money brick”–each and every week and invest it in human beings.. Here’s why:
- Some people will not listen to words.
- There are those who refrain from partaking of a melody.
- And very few individuals will tolerate a sermon.
But everyone appreciates a few dollars offered as encouragement and evidence that they are not alone.
I don’t have much; I’m not going to pay off people’s debts. But sometimes what the stained-glassers and the stainers need is just a dollar or two–to let them know that someone sees them, cares and wishes them God speed.
Money does talk. It speaks a universal language.
So I thought that the generous folks who contribute to my cause would not mind me setting aside a specific amount of coinage each week, to bless the folks I encounter on a daily basis. I have requested that God send such individuals my way.
We shall see.
I will offer the brick … and ask God to provide the mortar.
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