It’s super cold outside.

It is now 4:45 in the morning and I think that when I do finally get to sleep I could not think for a second that I wasted this day. I literally just came inside from standing outside for almost two hours I would say having one of the most challenging conversations with one of my closest friends. It sucks when as a third party you look into others lives and see the things they do and almost instinctively point out to yourself what they need to work on, when you yourself are no saint.

But I do believe that there comes a time in everyone of our lives when, being a friend and also being a sinner myself, we need to help people realize the things that are holding them back from being where they want to be. Its almost like a desperate cry for help in some cases becuase you could be talking with them about anything and all of a sudden it goes in the direction of “man i dont even know whats going on any more” and “I can’t even handle this right now in my life” and “I wish I could be in a better place spiritually.” You take on this role of leadership that we may not be qualified for in every sense of the word but given that we have not steered the conversation purposefully in that direction I would place a safe bet on God calling you to be there.

It’s good to know that people still need help, because it tells me that there is still a reason to live right. It gives us more initiative to take on the life long task of living the word of God. Of being a mirror for His glory. I implore you to never waste an opportunity. Though our time may be short here in this life we know, thats no excuse to let that be a reason to stop. It should put a fire underneath us and continue to boil us over so we could not contain the message we have even if we tried. Every breath you take should scream His name and there should be no doubt among anyone of who you are.

If you find that there may be in your life, you had better get to fixing it.

cheers
brendan