God demonstrates his own love for us in this:While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Rom5:

What I am is a witness. I see so many things. I have seen that God creates wonderous and beautiful landscapes, sunrises, sunsets, animals, plants, stars colors, clouds, trees, flowers and people.

 

I have seen a forgiving, endless love that fills the room when it enters. I have seen the miracle of child birth and the sting of the death of a person taken too soon. I have seen lives of those who have lived long enough to tell tales of things I have never known. I have seen the oceans tide rise and falls and the mountains big and tall! I have seen the extreme and ubearable heat take it's toll on everything from people to vegetation, and I have seen the spring rains soak the parched earth and over flow the saturated ground.

 

I have seen tears from a sorrow so seemingly deep the pain is everlasting. I have seen tears turn to laughter. I have seen laughter turn to intense pain and back again with what would seem like the touch of a button. Emotions: Love, Hate, Envy, Anguish, Sadness, Arrogance, Excitement, Sorrow. These emotions are what we are made of.

 

We are witnesses to the everyday struggles of the people around us, big and small. Everyone struggles with something. When you are a witness to the pain in someone's eyes, do you think about why they are sad? Do you think about whether or not they have someone to turn to? Do you wonder what they are thinking about?

 

These are interesting questions. A person sees beauty, whether it be false beauty or real untouched beauty. We comment on beauty, we want beauty, we strive, obsess and worry about whether we are as beautiful as the next person. This obsession might not be as obvious in men as it is in women, but we all want to be liked, loved and thought about. This obsession is hurting us. It brings us down, causes sorrow, self dought, low self-esteem, and pain.

 

When we see someone with pain or sorrow in their face, do we keep walking past? Do you say a little prayer or pass by oblivious of anyone elses pain? We need to be witnesses to the people who are in pain, the people who are struggling with their problems. Pain and beauty go hand and hand. You may be beautiful and have so much more inner saddness that you pass by your own beauty and stop and stare at someone elses.

 

We need to be witnesses to ourselves...To stop and think about our actions and how they can help change someone's life!!! If we can change the way someone sees the sunset, or the fog it could make a huge difference in their lives...and, it will make a much bigger difference in your own. Making a difference in someone's life will help them and you to see the beauty God has created for us to enjoy.

 

He does not want us to be envious of what other people have. We don't know what they had to give to get it, whether it be their beauty or their material possessions. People often have things they take for granted. That my friends is what we need to be witnesses of, things we take for granted.

 

I wanted to tell you about a song by Brandon Heath called "give me your eyes." This song talks about how we walk by people everyday who are smiling through the pain, they are the walking myserable. Brandon asks God to give him His eyes to see what God sees.

"Give me your eyes for just one second, give me your eyes so I can see everything that I keep missin, give me your love for humanity, give me your heart for the broken hearted the ones that are far beyond my reach!"

 WOW!! That is powerful because people walk by us everyday, at work, school, at HOME, your neighbors, your fellow members of church or the lady at daycare who need some encouragement. And, the good thing about all of this is WE can be witnesses to them. We can be God's eyes, hands and heart! If you can be a witness to someone about something beautiful that they have been taking for granted maybe you can change the way they see the sunset or the rain or even a thunderstorm!!

 

God needs us to move... to be his hands and feet and voice to the ones who need HOPE! Even if it is just saying, 'Hey, I understand and I will be here for you if you need me.'

 

Please pray for the ones around you, you never know who God needs you to witness!!!

 

God Bless <><