Yesterday, November 3rd was my birthday. So what? Big Deal!
My birthday was special to me, but for most people, November 3rd is just another day. Is there a spiritual lesson we can discover from this? Of course!
God made each of us and that fact alone makes us special. But, as we go about this business of living, we must make a point to elevate the "specialness" of other people. Why? Because God loves us and He does nothing to diminish who we are. Even at the risk of being hurt by our spiritual callousness, God CHOSE to love us. If God is willing to put Himself at risk by loving us, then we should be willing to take on the same risks by loving each other. There are many aspects of Godly love, but the main one for today is the notion of loving others without diminishing them. Often, we have "loved" people with the real motivation behind our so-called love being getting something from them or fulfilling our need for power or dominance or manipulation.
Thinking about my birthday helps me to remember that other people have special days and we all are special in our own God-given ways. Thus, our journey of singleness should focus on affirming the "specialness" of others, since that is what God has done for each of us.
In short, we should treat everyone as if that day is their birthday as a way of recognizing the special qualities God has placed in them.
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