05/08/2025
Are You a Getter or Giver?
We can easily grow tired of trying to have relationships with people who are only interested in what they can get out of it!
* The sad fact is natural mankind is born with a desire to gratify self: he is born a getter.
Many marriages suffer and end in divorce because one or both people only seek what they need from the other.
This problem is so widespread that some people have given up trying to have relationships with others because their kindness, concern, and love is never returned, only received and used with little appreciation given to the giver.
Our society today is full of lonely people who are reluctant to make friends because they are tired of being used.
Christ is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. I will never leave you or forsake you - he said.
* I once heard of a woman who not only met all of her husband's needs but also worked a job to pay for her husband's College tuition. Tragically when her husband got his college degree he divorced her for another woman he had been involved with all along.
* Only a strong relationship with Christ delivers a person from that kind of hurt, pain and disappointment.
Many people are very involved in Social media. The need for acceptance is craved by many.
If people are impressed by what you say about yourself, As to where you go, what you do or who you know - They can push like. The like button is greatly desired by many lonely people; especially those with low self-esteem.
People crave acceptance but even if the acceptance level for them is high, when that good feeling wears off, the lonely feeling comes back.
Why is this true?
Because nothing can fill the void in each of us but a constant relationship with God by knowing Jesus Christ as our personal savior.
* God is a giver! For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16
* Once you invite Jesus into your heart, he's your closest friend forever. He said: I will never leave you or forsake you!
* Jesus is a giver - that keeps on giving! The song He Was There All The Time, invites everyone to look to Christ for a lasting relationship that satisfies AND NEVER ENDS. This song is an invitation from Christ to let him be your forever friend.
He Was There All The Time
Time after time I went searching for peace in some void
I was trying to blame
All my ills on this world I was in
Surface relationships used me 'til I was done in
And all of the while someone was begging To free me from sin
He was there all the time
He was there all the time
Waiting patiently in line
He was there all the time
Never again Will I look for a fake rainbow's end
Now that I have the answer My life is just starting to rhyme
Sharing each new day with Him Is a cup of fresh wine
And oh what I missed, He's been waiting right there all the time
He was there all the time
He was there all the time
Waiting patiently in line
He was there all the time