God’s Answer
Yesterday my
sister Christine shared one of the most provocative lessons I’ve ever heard. I
will go to my grave with what she shared.
If I sound a little over the top, I
assure you it won’t feel that way to you. If what she shared does not move you
to do and be better than maybe her lesson was not that deep after all and
maybe, just maybe, I have been writing every day for nothing.
My sister
said she was talking to God and she asked a simple question; “What can I do for you God.” She said that
the answer came swift and surely: “You can take care of yourself.”
Now, I don’t
know about you, but for me, this is rather profound.
We all need
to do for ourselves and we need to take better care of our own existence. Only
then can we look to one another and see the God in us.
Personal
growth is one the essential needs; yet, we buy into the marketing idea that we
have to look better and can do so without being better.
There is a
great deal of emphasis on the packaging of things and very little concern about
the thing inside the package.
My sister
Christine’s conversation with God was about her taking care of her. She is
truly my sister and I have inherited many of her qualities. We often do for others
and fail to do for ourselves.
I’m not making an argument for being
selfish; I’m talking about understanding that in order to help others get well,
you must be well.
Yesterday, I
allowed her conversation with God to guide my day. I found that I was less
bothered by what I would have called “bad drivers” and I was less concerned
about the missteps of anyone else. I had to take care of myself.
What if we all began to take better
care of our own self? I don’t mean the body, I mean the self; the person that
you are and are becoming. We’d be much less judgmental, and a lot slower to
correct others. We’d be more mindful of the things we need to do and complete
and less likely to expect someone else to be responsible for our happiness.
My sister’s
answer from God is our answer for life.
Take responsibility,
care, compassion, concern, regard, have love, and be wonderful to YOU.
Be you, be well, be
your own care-giver.
Bertice Berry, PhD.
Women don't take this to heart often enough. We can't be good caretakers (mothers, wives, aunts, sisters, teachers, nurses, etc) if we don't take care of ourselves. Your sister is very astute in her communion with God. I want to meet her.
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