I'm Speechless...

Its incredible what the Lord will do if you simply follow his lead. His been teaching me how to love others. And that in order to do that you have to be vulnerable. "To love at all is to be vulnerable" - C.S. Lewis

He's made me strong enough to be vulnerable. And now that I actually have opened up to some people, it's amazing the kind of feed-back I'm getting. Its ridiculous just how easily someone will share their heart with you, if you keep on asking questions. Not nosey, gossipy questions. But questions that show them that you want to know whats going on in their life.

I remember that when I was going through a rough time, I wanted to break down and tell everyone who asked me how I was. But I was terrified. I didn't want to be rejected AGAIN. But if someone had been able to see through my fake smile, or even take a wild guess as to what was behind that smile... if they had bothered to ask deeper questions like, "Don't lie to me, what is really going on?" or "How are you really doing?" I would have told them everything. I try my hardest to make it clear that I really want to know whats going on in people's lives. I want to show them that I actually care.

I've attempted that several times. Once even just over  a text message. It was so incredible how they just poured out their heart to me. And I was able to help them, or (even just help them by listening to what they had to say.) Sometimes, thats all a person needs. Someone who will listen to them.