Don't Bother Me, I'm Busy

How many times in high school are we not in the mood to “deal” with people? How many times in the other aspects of our lives is this the case? If we are honest, it is probably more the case than not. Why? Because we hate people? No. That probably is rarely the case. Why then? I don’t know about you, but my reason is that I am lazy or tired or well, just too wrapped up in myself. Besides, I don’t want to “deal” with what they might say or think about me.

What am I getting at? Sometimes we just don’t want to spend time with…people. (I don’t necessarily mean our friends either, because most of us enjoy spending a lot of time with our friends.) I mean those who we have a chance to talk with or share with or even impact with something that we do or say -- Your boss, your mom, your dad, your siblings, your classmates, your teammates, or your teachers, to name a few.

Let’s think back to the reason why we don’t…self. We all deal with it on a minute-by-minute basis. Correct me if I am wrong here…ok, I’ll keep going. Do we have the ability to control it, self I mean? If yes, then let’s try it and see how it goes. Here is blog insert from a friend of mine that is investing her life working with people…even she has a hard time with it, sometimes, but this is how she “deals” with it.

Investing in People--the daunting task
God’s task for us is that we invest in people.
“People, Lord? They’re unpredictable, unruly and unhappy. People are proud, critical and judgmental. They have mouths that might say something bad about me or mock me in front of others, authority that might fire me or lock me up. If the person I speak to does not laugh at me, someone else will. Let me do anything but deal with people.”
“It is for them that I died. Pour my eternal Word into their immortal souls. They are dead men walking. You have the message of life.”
~Julie Lundy

Wow, we “have the message of life!” Lord, thank you for this reminder. Now, may I get busy about Your work and forget about mine!