When I shared with you, in my last post, about my upcoming surgery, I didn't realize it was so self centered. My intentions were to express how God's promises can be applied to our daily lives and experiences.
Since that time, I emailed a family member to inform him of my surgery, only to discover that he had been in the hospital for a week. He answered on his lap top in the hospital room and offered prayers for me.
In addition, I received a phone call telling me that a close friend in our church had died. When I talked to her daughter to offer condolences, her response was to thank us for our friendship to her mother and offer prayers for us in our "ordeal."
Lord, forgive me for thinking more often of myself than of others. Help me to be aware that everybody around me is going through his, or her, own set of problems and needs. Could it be that that's what You meant when You said "love your neighbor as yourself"?
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