Are You Needed?
I read this last night. I really liked it, so I thought I would share.
Are You Needed?
Mary Hollingsworth
Those who love you need you in so many different ways, in every area of their lives in which you play a role.
How are you needed?
Your parents need you as a daughter, as a support, as a source of joy. Your siblings need you as a sister, a correspondent, and a partner in family matters.
Your best friend needs you as a listener, as a funmate, as a burden sharer, as an encourager and helper.
If you are married, your husband needs you as a loving wife. He may also need you as a tennis partner, bill payer, confidante, and secret keeper. Your children need you as a mother, as a teacher, as a guide, and as a counselor.
Your church family needs you as a spiritual light, a fellow traveler along the Way, a prayer partner, a spring of hope and faith.
God needs you, too. Whatever gifts and abilities He gave you, He needs you to be at work in His world and His kingdom. No one else can do what He designed you for in the same way you can.
No one else can play your role. No one else knows your lines. You are uniquely created to fit in the special you-shaped space God formed in His world.
For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. Romans 12:4-5
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Thanks Paula! As we get busy, we do forget that we are needed in many ways, and we need others as well.
That was really cool! Thanks for sharing it! It really got me thinking.