'Christian' Friend

At times, I find myself being a rather lousy 'Christian' friend.

Whenever someone tells me a problem or a situation they're facing, I tend to get a little over-preachy. I mean well, I sincerely want to help that person as more often that not i've been through similar circumstances and now i've been saved by the Grace of God. God has done so much in my life, I just want to proclaim of His Glory hoping that it would bless my friend. Somehow this would result in me talking too much about my lifestory and ignoring my friend's actual problem.

I told daddy God about this as I listened to Ps. Chin's sermons. In one particular sermon, Ps Chin mentioned that 'we're not the one to change others', 'we're not the messiah'.

And thats so true.

There's a time and place to tell others about the goodness of Jesus, but not ALL the time. Most of the time, lending a year or simply being there for that friend is all it takes.

I don't think Jesus would keep talking about His goodness the very moment we tell Him our problems, i'm sure He would have listened compassionately and comforted us. It is also simply because of His compassion for us that we are delivered.

At times I find some Christians (myself included) have the tendency to 'underestimate' other people's problems. Its true that nothing's too big for God but it doesn't help making others feel stupid for getting upset about their problems.

I believe that Daddy God is telling me to simply have compassion for my friends and family while leaving everything else to Him.

I'm no messiah, I can't change anyone, but I can still be a friend =)

In other news.. I found this Thai Commercial on mrbrown's blog at mrbrownshow.com.
It's hilarious.