Connected Together for Tomorrow: Day 6
How transparent are you? Do you have strong emotional and spiritual support?
by David Joynt on October 28, 2016
Stress Test Devotional April 27
April 27, 2024
Acknowledging our own needs takes courage and humility. It feels nobler to pretend to ourselves and others that all is well; after all, burdening someone with my problems seems like a weakness, and a selfish one at that. Why not just gather my own strength and carry on? Yet, it is only when we are honest about our own needs that we can experience support! Only then can we be prayed for. A burden shunned is a burden lightened.
Paul was a person of immense capacity—intellectual, physical, and spiritual. Clearly a genius, he endured boat wrecks, beatings, persecution, failure. Yet, he was public about his ongoing emotional and relational and even financial needs. He elicited support and care by being emotionally transparent. Though we are left to guess what his “thorn in the flesh” actually was, we knew he wrote clearly and publicly about his weakness and struggle.
How transparent are you?
Do you have strong emotional and spiritual support?
Family Focus - Have everyone share someone they are currently praying for who needs love and support. Do a circle prayer, where everyone names the person they are concerned about.
