If you are reading this post I hope you have already read Part I. Since I wrote that post I have been thinking about how to help someone if the midst of your own crisis. Here is what I have come up with so far...
1. Just as someone else doesn't know the details of your journey and you wouldn't want someone to make assumptions, don't do that to someone else. On the surface you may not agree with their reaction to a crisis, but you also don't know the road they have walked.
2. When you are in the midst of a crisis, think of someone that is going through something harder and pray for them.
3. Send an encouraging note or e-mail to someone else that is in a crisis.
4. Pray, pray, pray...even on your knees for a friend...then let them know you did.
5. Reflect on the hard things you have seen God bring you through and share them with someone
that is needing some hope.
6. Leave a nice surprise on the doorstep of a friend that needs your support.
7. Expect a miracle but be open to whatever form it comes in. You may have a blessing right in front of you.
8. Journal your journey. Remember to write the end of the story though and the things you learned. You can even share some of it on Facebook or in a blog. You never know who it will help.
9. Extend grace to the person that is grumpy. You never know what they are dealing with.
10. Reach out to a hurting stranger. Give them a compliment. Buy their lunch.
Know that God loves you so much and has a plan for you. "For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope."
Jeremiah 29:10-12
1. Just as someone else doesn't know the details of your journey and you wouldn't want someone to make assumptions, don't do that to someone else. On the surface you may not agree with their reaction to a crisis, but you also don't know the road they have walked.
2. When you are in the midst of a crisis, think of someone that is going through something harder and pray for them.
3. Send an encouraging note or e-mail to someone else that is in a crisis.
4. Pray, pray, pray...even on your knees for a friend...then let them know you did.
5. Reflect on the hard things you have seen God bring you through and share them with someone
that is needing some hope.
6. Leave a nice surprise on the doorstep of a friend that needs your support.
7. Expect a miracle but be open to whatever form it comes in. You may have a blessing right in front of you.
8. Journal your journey. Remember to write the end of the story though and the things you learned. You can even share some of it on Facebook or in a blog. You never know who it will help.
9. Extend grace to the person that is grumpy. You never know what they are dealing with.
10. Reach out to a hurting stranger. Give them a compliment. Buy their lunch.
Know that God loves you so much and has a plan for you. "For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope."
Jeremiah 29:10-12
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