Don't Walk Away - Ugochi Oritsejolomisan
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Don’t Walk Away

Today's Word

28 Aug Don’t Walk Away

Posted at 10:57h in Today's Word by
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teshuva, jesus, God, love, obey, the wordThere was one time in my assignment it seemed like a particular lady was out to be a hindrance. She would hardly attend meetings, would not submit reports, would hardly pick up or return calls and this became a big concern to me. One day in hushed anger I asked her why she was always being evasive. As she attempted to respond, I did not get a word of what she was saying, I only saw pain as tears welled up in her now red eyes and as I walked away from her, I felt bad.

It wasn’t until several months later I learnt about her many challenges and I understood why she couldn’t seem to focus on her own part of the assignment and I wished I had asked her before now if there was anything going on in her life that was causing her seeming in effectiveness.

I have come to learn that many times we get so blinded by our own issues that we cannot see, or even ignore one person in our path who we could have been an encouragement to. We judge instead of seeking to understand, we blame instead of seeking to help. Instead of walking away when we are faced with someone who doesn’t seem to have it all together, we could stop to be that encouragement they may need.

Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down, but an encouraging word makes it glad. Proverbs 12:25 (AMP)

 

Ugochi Oritsejolomisan
teshuva7@gmail.com

Ugochi Oritsejolomisan is a mentor, encourager and influencer. She writes to inspire you to live a full life. Ugochi lives in Canada with her husband Benson and their children; Joshua, Joseph and Josiah.

2 Comments
  • Lahyorz
    Posted at 09:31h, 29 August

    How true! I have high expectations of myself and therefore of others and our world’s ‘microwave mentality’ – do it now and at the speed of light, sometimes make us more robotic than human. Looking at someone with the eyes of love and seeing them as God sees them presents them in a new light. I’m still far from this but I’m consciously trying!

    • Ugochi
      Posted at 09:34h, 29 August

      Me too! Learning each day to slow down a bit and think of my self less in this regard.