Rise
My children have a special bond with their baby cousin, who happens to be autistic. In particular, my oldest seems to have a unique connection with him that touches the deepest places of the heart of each member of our family.
There's no limit to the ways these two adore one another. The love, kindness and gentleness shown between them undeniably paves the avenue for Cale to express himself freely and unleash his loving personality in its truest form. It allows Walker to thrive as a caretaker and encourager, spurring him to love deeply and compassionately intercede where words and processing capabilities challenge the littlest one.
They bring out the best in one another, these two. Walker sharpens Cale, and Cale sharpens Walker.
Their secret? Love. They simply love one another. Unconditionally and without hesitation, these two have broken the barriers of vulnerability, they've disregarded the differences between them. Sometimes it seems as if they live in two separate worlds. They most definitely communicate differently. How they process the things around them is a mystery to one another, but a collision of vast differences has created one of the most beautiful relationships I've ever known to exist. They've awakened the deepest parts of each other. The joy that flows between them is contagious and empowering.
I'm encouraged by this young and budding friendship, to always search for the best in the people. To look beyond what divides us, to see past the lines of difference that threaten to separate, and rather love and accept those around me, just as they are.
I'm determined to be one who builds up, speaks life and encouragement, instead of tearing down.
I can't help but wonder what would happen in the world if we all just determined to sharpen one another? What if the words we spoke behind one another's backs were nothing short of kind and loving, simple and pure? Words that reiterate and display the type of love the Father desires to flow from our hearts and mouths. What if we chose to out love the judgmental and degrading attitudes of our hearts? With each choice we make to build up rather than tear down, we become more like our Savior as we live out His second greatest commandment, to love others.
Don't you think that if we made one choice, one time, to speak kindly around the lunch table about or to that co-worker who drives us crazy, or went out of our way to show an action of compassion to the neighbor who has always seemed strange to us, that maybe, just maybe, we'd like how that feels? I think we'd love it. I think we'd flourish. I think we'd rise by lifting others. We'd become more and more joyful if we loved like that. I think we could set the world ablaze in love with one small strike of kindness.
"Gracious words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones." Proverbs 16:24
"A good man brings good out of the things stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil out of the things stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of." Luke 6:45
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There's no limit to the ways these two adore one another. The love, kindness and gentleness shown between them undeniably paves the avenue for Cale to express himself freely and unleash his loving personality in its truest form. It allows Walker to thrive as a caretaker and encourager, spurring him to love deeply and compassionately intercede where words and processing capabilities challenge the littlest one.
They bring out the best in one another, these two. Walker sharpens Cale, and Cale sharpens Walker.
Their secret? Love. They simply love one another. Unconditionally and without hesitation, these two have broken the barriers of vulnerability, they've disregarded the differences between them. Sometimes it seems as if they live in two separate worlds. They most definitely communicate differently. How they process the things around them is a mystery to one another, but a collision of vast differences has created one of the most beautiful relationships I've ever known to exist. They've awakened the deepest parts of each other. The joy that flows between them is contagious and empowering.
I'm encouraged by this young and budding friendship, to always search for the best in the people. To look beyond what divides us, to see past the lines of difference that threaten to separate, and rather love and accept those around me, just as they are.
I'm determined to be one who builds up, speaks life and encouragement, instead of tearing down.
I can't help but wonder what would happen in the world if we all just determined to sharpen one another? What if the words we spoke behind one another's backs were nothing short of kind and loving, simple and pure? Words that reiterate and display the type of love the Father desires to flow from our hearts and mouths. What if we chose to out love the judgmental and degrading attitudes of our hearts? With each choice we make to build up rather than tear down, we become more like our Savior as we live out His second greatest commandment, to love others.
Don't you think that if we made one choice, one time, to speak kindly around the lunch table about or to that co-worker who drives us crazy, or went out of our way to show an action of compassion to the neighbor who has always seemed strange to us, that maybe, just maybe, we'd like how that feels? I think we'd love it. I think we'd flourish. I think we'd rise by lifting others. We'd become more and more joyful if we loved like that. I think we could set the world ablaze in love with one small strike of kindness.
"Gracious words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones." Proverbs 16:24
"A good man brings good out of the things stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil out of the things stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of." Luke 6:45
- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone
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