This year my goal has been to slow down. To take the time to seek God in all that I do and to not rush into words and actions; so when I read this section of the chapter I was excited because it lined up with my slowing down plan. However, I never thought that this plan would extend to my friends and how I reacted when I was listening to their excited stories. But there were a few points that stood out to me in regards to this.<\/p>\n
I think that learning these things ourselves first will help us to become spiritual monitors for our friends.<\/p>\n
There are three other key things needed to become spiritual monitors, both for ourselves and for our friends.<\/strong><\/em> These are 1. A relationship with God, 2, prayer and 3. Love. If we try to reign ourselves in, and tame our tongues without these three factors included, we will not be successful.<\/p>\n Talk about an eye opener for me. I always thought that my excitement for my friend\u2019s stories is what made me a good friend. I thought that sharing the magical what if\u2019s with my friends was what I needed to do to support their dreams and desires. But, in reality I need to be encouraging them to spend time with God and encouraging them to work on developing their relationship with Him, while He develops their relationship with others.<\/p>\n Thousands of needless tears,<\/em> Yes we can encourage our friends, and be excited from them. But we as spiritual monitors should make sure to remind our friends in love that their lives are in God\u2019s hands and to not let their excitement distract them from the one relationship that truly matters.<\/p>\n With Love, \n________________________________<\/p>\n \nLet\u2019s Pray:<\/strong><\/p>\n Dear heavenly father, you have placed people in our lives to be our spiritual monitors. You have place d these people here in the times that our emotions are high and in times when we may not be seeing clearly. Thank you for a loving person to remind us when we\u2019re becoming distracted. Please open our eyes and hearts to their wise words. 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\n Produced by careless cheers,<\/em>
\n Assuming that Boaz is finally here,<\/em>
\n When the arrival of her prince is not even near\u2026<\/em>
\n ~JMK<\/em><\/p>\n
\nTonya Ellison<\/p>\n
\nDo you have a spiritual monitor? Or have you been a spiritual monitor to a friend? Share with the benefit of this person in your life and how their words blessed you in your situation.<\/p>\n