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Dear Young Christian:
The busyness and pressure of life coupled with our own self-interests can often keep us from seeing another’s need. How often do you stop by to visit an elderly person who sits alone day after day? When was the last time you dropped in to see someone who is sick or going through some turmoil or heartache in their life? It may be just a short time until our turn comes and we long for someone to stop by and sit with us. The Bible tells us, “Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction” (James 1:27). Job could say, “I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy” (Job 29:13).
Someone else has well said, “Sometimes we are caught by the Tyrant of Urgency when we could be giving valuable time to the important matters of life … to people instead of things.”
Don’t get so wrapped up in your own interests that you have no time for others. Of the young man Timothy, Paul said to the Christians at Philippi, “I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your state” (Philippians 2:20).Could that be said of you?
Your Christian Friend,
Jim Hyland
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