You are Important

Me & three of my friends God dropped into my life

Every person on earth is created by God.  God doesn't make mistakes.  Some people may feel like a mistake because they were born with some sort of mental, physical or even spiritual defect.  But, they are not a mistake.  Even those who appear broken have a purpose.  Those who used to be whole, but are now broken still have a purpose.  

Everyone shares a common overarching purpose, which is to learn how to love and be loved by God and we often learn this by learning to love each other.  We also have unique purposes based on our own gifts, circumstances, and people we encounter in our daily lives.  If you see someone in need, your purpose in that moment may be to help them, even if that help is simply an encouraging smile. 

If you stumbled upon this article I want to encourage you to find ways to reach out and help others.  Even if you feel like you're the one that needs the most help, you will find when you put others first you will be uplifted too.  Start with the people God has placed in your life.  The people you see every day and especially the friends you just happened to make seemingly by chance.  Your lives bumped into each other for a reason.  You may only have this person in your life for a short season before they are whisked on down the road to bump into other strangers who will be their new friends.  Do what you can for them now, make time for them.  The best gift you can give is simply your time and your presence.  That means listen to them when you're are with them, don't use your cell phone or do all the talking yourself.

One of my best friends is Christin.  God arranged everything in an amazing way for us to meet during a short window of opportunity in both our lives when we just so happened to be at the right place at the right time.  Now, my dear friend will be leaving me soon as she goes on to follow where God is leading her next.  He's chosen her to be one of the few people who is called to give their entire lives to finding and helping the lost, the broken, the sick, the dying.  Not everyone is called to this extream sacrificial life, but some are.  If you are reading this, I hope you can help Christin answer God's call by giving a bit of the treasure God has given you, to empower her to go out and help others however God wills it.  With that, I give you Christin's crowd funding site: https://www.youcaring.com/christintripi-750318  This site will be ongoing until May 2017.  Remember if you ran into this article it's more likely it was for a reason than coincidence.  Thank you & God bless you!