Pardon me
If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. Phillippians 2: 1-5
TGIF, I have just been reminiscing on things from my childhood all week. Shout out to Family Matters back in the day, that show brought me so much joy on Friday evenings. I thought Urkel was funny but I saw more of myself in Stephan. hahah. So we were keeping up with the 5 C’s all week and now we are at the final one. But here is what I have learned at my summer job, you gotta recap before you can teach something new to make sure folks remember. So Monday we had the Comforter, Tuesday we had the Confronter, Wednesday was the Challenger, and Thursday was the Counselor. So what is Friday you ask, The Celebrator!
Finally we have someone who celebrates with us, encourages us and is just as excited by what we do as we are. The celebrator is very essential because at times you can feel so alone even when you are achieving great heights. It is nice to have someone appreciate your worth and not be afraid to share that worth with you. God celebrates with us, he celebrates for us and through us. We will all celebrate together one day when we party it up in heaven. Until then let’s continue to affect each others lives in the most positive ways so that we can enjoy heaven right here on Earth. Now all week I have spoken about who is a one of the 5 C’s for me, we should be so thankful to have such people in our lives. But we have to engage ourselves to be one if not all of these C’s in other people’s lives. Peace and Grace be unto you!
It’s a celebration!
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sbrooke
The Celebrator….those who are happy to see you grow; those that love to see you shine; those who want nothing but the best without selfish intentions. We have to thank God for those people. Those people are angels…we say “gotta find me an angel” but we have angels right in front of our face - we must be thankful for what we already have and may not even recognize it. It’s not our fault sometimes its fear…sometimes its the devil blocking us from recognizing that we have Celebrators (angels) in our lives already.
The last line of this verse gets to me… “Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.” The characteristic of being unselfish is one that I admire the most…and that I learn the older I get the harder its to come across. We have God within us…doing for others should come naturally; giving without expecting anything in return…
Thank you for sending this out!
P.S. I miss the TGIF line up…Family Matters, Step By Step and Boy Meets World (Corey & Tapanga (sp?) ) LOL
Puja
the celebrator aka the cheerleader!