Little Things
I was too tired to report last night, so I'll do it now. Yesterday, I had many small promptings. I acted on most of them. It made my day better. I didn't even realize most of the promptings were promptings till I looked back at them. Unfortunately, that is why I missed some.
One of my friends had a sick toddler. He had croup. She didn't want to take him to the doctor because she knew there is nothing they can do for croup, but she didn't know what else to do to help him. I felt such a strong prompting that I left church to take her a diffuser and to teach her how to handle croup. Within a few hours, he was doing much better.
Most of the other promptings were to talk to people and smile at people at church. I don't know why it was so hard. But it was. But it also made things better. People were kinder to me. People talked to me. I hugged someone who was sad. I don't know if it made a difference to her, but I felt like it was the right thing to do.
We went to a family dinner last night. I made an effort to reach out to people and engage them in conversations. I often don't because I feel like no one there really wants to talk to me. Everyone else is much closer to each other than they are to me. But I felt prompted to talk to some people and say certain things (nothing big) and I left feeling much happier than I usually do and more connected.
I've thought a lot about this challenge to act on promptings. I am so excited and, for some reason, scared. I am particularly excited to do this during this season. I am excited to grow closer to the Lord. I am excited to see His hand in my life even more. I am excited to be His hands.
One of my friends had a sick toddler. He had croup. She didn't want to take him to the doctor because she knew there is nothing they can do for croup, but she didn't know what else to do to help him. I felt such a strong prompting that I left church to take her a diffuser and to teach her how to handle croup. Within a few hours, he was doing much better.
Most of the other promptings were to talk to people and smile at people at church. I don't know why it was so hard. But it was. But it also made things better. People were kinder to me. People talked to me. I hugged someone who was sad. I don't know if it made a difference to her, but I felt like it was the right thing to do.
We went to a family dinner last night. I made an effort to reach out to people and engage them in conversations. I often don't because I feel like no one there really wants to talk to me. Everyone else is much closer to each other than they are to me. But I felt prompted to talk to some people and say certain things (nothing big) and I left feeling much happier than I usually do and more connected.
I've thought a lot about this challenge to act on promptings. I am so excited and, for some reason, scared. I am particularly excited to do this during this season. I am excited to grow closer to the Lord. I am excited to see His hand in my life even more. I am excited to be His hands.
I love this so much! It IS scary to act on promptings because most of the time, it's something we wouldn't naturally do. I love so much that you had these little promptings about just smiling or talking to people. So, maybe I missed my promptings and I will have to pay more attention. <3
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