Love Without Limits

Sometimes I just need to get in the car and drive till the road has hypnotized me and I don't have to think about anything anymore.

There are days that I need to take an hour and a half for lunch and not tell anyone else in the world where it is that I'm going.

There are moments that I really just need to go sit in the bathroom for a minute or two and let the frustration marinate and give my mind a minute to process things before I respond.

There are nights that I need to walk straight from the car, to the door, to my room and shut the door.

There are weeks that I might keep more friends by turning off my phone than answering it.

This week was one of those weeks. Today was one of those days. Tonight is one of those nights. I've had lots of those moments this whole week and right now, I just need to let it go.

No man is an island and girls can't even be sandbars.

It is so easy to get caught up in your own little bubble and all your little issues. It's absolutely nothing to turn a molehill into this enormous mountain that is clearly more important than anything or anyone else. We very easily shut off our receptors to the rest of the world and some rather important things fly past us.

Not things, but people. Everyday we have an opportunity to make an impact in the lives of the people around us. It's as simple as paying attention to the way someone answers a question. It's almost always there in black and white. You don't have to be a proffesional, you just have to be human and realize they are too.

I've been hearing alot about boundaries recently. "You need to draw the line. You need to have your time. You need to make it clear that you're not obligated to go any farther than necessary. Meet them halfway, if they go %49, don't go %51. Stand your ground. You need your space." I pray the day that I start living like that never comes. I don't need my space. I don't deserve the space that my body takes up in this world. I don't deserve the time it takes me to take my first breath in the morning.

I pray that I never think that my space, time or needs are more important than the needs of my fellow man, the needs of my brother's and sister's in Christ. The day that my comfort or sanity is more important than what God has said in His word is His will for my life will be a sad day indeed. Comfort is so dangerous, so very fatal.

"When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then
he will sit on his glorious throne. Before him will be gathered all the nations,
and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep
from the goats. And he will place the sheep on his right, but the goats on the
left. Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed
by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the
world. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me,I was in prison and you came to me.' Then the
righteous will answer him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed
you, or thirsty and give you drink? And when did we see you a stranger and
welcome you, or naked and clothe you? And when did we see you sick or in prison
and visit you?' And the King will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did
it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.'

"Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal
fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not
visit me.' Then they also will answer, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry
or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to
you?' Then he will answer them, saying, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did not do
it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.' And these will go
away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."