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Celebrate Someone

I get to listen to many people everyday as part of my work. I enjoy it and would not do it if I did not enjoy it. One of the many things I have come to realise is that whenever relationships, at whatever level, break down in life it is because someone stopped celebrating the good points of life that the other person brings.  The world has taught us that we only appreciate people when something is done that benefits us whereas we forget to appreciate the small things like a friend being there even when they don't bring something great to the table.

I have come to discover that the day we stop appreciating one another it is easier to lie to one another. If I appreciate you I will so value you that I will not go down the route of making a mountain of a mole hill because my eyes see the greater good in you. I have come to a place where I have realised that when we celebrate the good in each other, it's easy to deal with the stepping on one another's toes. It takes work to always see the good and not focus on the bad. I decided to always see the good in every person. Jesus didn't see a thief beside Him at the cross instead He saw a man in need of salvation. I want to encourage you to offer someone paradise even in the midst of the pain like Christ did at the cross. I haven't arrived at it but I have made the choice to constantly think as Paul wrote in Philippians 4:8

8 "Summing it all up, friends, I'd say you'll do best by filling your minds and meditating on things true, noble, reputable, authentic, compelling, gracious — the best, not the worst; the beautiful, not the ugly; things to praise, not things to curse."

(from THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language © 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson. All rights reserved.)

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