Keep Hugging‏

Having a "tender heart" for people has its risks.
Without exception, some people will reject you and let you down.
 
When you read the Bible, it's the story of God and Jesus.
Think about it and the rejection They received.
 
As a pastor of a church and the writer of MountainWings, I reach
out to a lot of people. I don't receive a salary or any
monetary compensation at the church. I do it for the love of
God and the love of people.
 
MountainWings is the same.
Many are appreciative, but most take it for granted.
Thus is the path of the servant, understand this.
 
Many people join MountainWings each day, yet there are others
who leave daily. Sometimes those who leave write very nasty
comments giving all types of reasons with all types of
misconceptions or correct conceptions.
 
I am often tempted to email them back to either explain or just
vent. I will tell you what God told me.
 
"Let them go and waste no time nor effort, spend all of your
energy on those who remain and freely accept what you give."
 
You will always have those who reject hugs, who reject love,
who reject compassion, who reject the good that you do.
 
Parents will have children who reject them,
no matter how hard they try.
 
Teachers will have students who reject them,
no matter how hard they try.
 
Good Samaritans will have those whom they try to help reject
them.
 
Husbands will have wives and wives will have husbands who reject
them, no matter how hard they try.
 
God made a great sacrifice, and yet most of the world rejected
His sacrifice then and now.
 
Your situation is not unusual; it is the path of the servant.
 
Don't let those who don't appreciate what you are trying to do
discourage you.
 
I often say before each sermon, before each issue of
MountainWings, if this can help just one person, it's worth it.
Yes, I know some will reject it but this may not be meant for
everyone, it's special.
 
Even though there are those who have and will continue to reject
your hugs, there is one waiting, in desperate need of your hug.
Your hug may save their life and world.
 
Don't let people discourage you. Keep hugging, keep loving,
keep giving, it is the way of the servant.
 
(Mark 10:43-45 NIV)  "Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to
become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants
to be first must be slave of all. For even the Son of Man did
not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a
ransom for many."
 
Pastor Nathaniel
~A MountainWings Original~