My own little world...

 A couple days ago, my family and I went to get our Christmas tree. We picked out our tree, and while we were paying, we noticed a lady who was by herself. She started to talk to us, and said she needed a way to get her tree home, cause she was driving a small car and couldn't fit the tree in it. We were running low on time, and told her that we couldn't help. We were about to leave the parking lot, when we noticed the lady was still trying to get help. We kept on going back and forth, wondering if we should drive away or not. We finally asked her if she lived close enough to take her tree there for her, but she lived so far away that it was impossible for us to help. It made me think of how many times we do that in our daily lives- God gives us opportunities to talk to people, and to help others who need it. We get so focused on ourselves that we miss what the person we are talking to needs.

How many times do we talk to someone, and actually hear them? How many times do we say, "How are you?" and actually care? How many times do we offer to help, or offer to pray for someone? How many people do you talk to are hiding their hurt inside?How many times are we in our own little world? How many times do we just think about ourselves?We become so prideful, that we miss opportunities to help others, and to be a blessing.

Philippians 2:3-5

³ Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, ⁴ not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.
 ⁵ In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:"

Jesus' life was literally all for us. Matthew 20:28  ^"28 just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” If we are supposed to live like Jesus, why aren't we selfless?


There is a song that I heard recently. I have listened to this song before, but i never HEARD it. The song is "My Own Little World" by the Christian artist, Matthew West. Here are some of the lyrics:

In my own little world it hardly ever rains

I’ve never gone hungry, I've always felt safe

I got some money in my pocket; shoes on my feet

In my own little world

Population: me

I try to stay awake through the Sunday morning church

I throw a twenty in the plate but I never give ’til it hurts

and I turn off the news when I don’t like what I see

it’s easy to do when it’s

population: me

Later in the song, he realizes that life isn't just about us, it is about others.

Start breaking my heart for what breaks Yours

give me open hands and open doors

put Your light in my eyes and let me see

that my own little world is not about me

Instead of getting caught up in our own lives, especially in the Christmas season, how can we live selflessly?

Just a thought ~Shelby