There are people that stay and there are people that leave. There are those that talk about it and then there are those that speak with actions, words being ancillary.
These are the ones who have decided through and through to do what is good, not necessarily those who have decided to do what is right. They know the difference. In a time when there is not always enough time to act the part… in a time when there is little to no room to pontificate, to ruminate or otherwise debate, they don’t have to.
When the moment is so pressing that the only thing felt is oppression. There are people that respond rather than react. They take the abuse rather than attack. These are the ones that rise out of the ash heap and start again… and again if need be. They know there will be a need.
There are few of them. The position that they know and hold is not a light one. It is not an easy one. Yes they are protected. They are somehow preserved. You may not find it easy to spot them. In all the chaos they are reserved.
They are the ones that make our beds or tuck us in at night. They are the ones that won’t let anyone be just “right”. These are the people that we learn from so seamlessly, like there’s not even a lesson taking place.
They are the ones we forget at night when everything is in order. It is the man that stands with the one instead of the plenty. It is the woman who decides to use her full words in prayer instead of to speaking out words that are empty.
They don’t back down. Even when others are not around, they are the ones holding it down… Just in case.
—Matthew 23: 37-39—
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Have you found them? Have you experienced a time when you were about to give it all up and then there was someone that came with a right word in the right moment? Share your experience below, share freedom… be blessed.
