It's human nature for us to be focused on ourselves, but not always as easy to pay attention to other people. This is particularly true in those times when we are distracted by our phones. I have seen people walk into walls looking down at their screens! One of the biggest things I am trying to teach my children is to be "other-focused." It's not something that we are always good at, but it's something we need to remember daily. How many times have we walked through a store and didn't notice an older woman trying to reach something on a high shelf, or gone to work and didn't pay attention to our co-worker drying her eyes. There are so many times we unintentionally ignore the needs of those around us. I tell my kids when we go to the playground to keep their eyes out for the kids who look lonely, and reach out to them. As we go into this week, pay attention to how you can be Jesus' hands and feet for others around you.
"When he had washed their feet and put on his outer garments and resumed his place, he said to them, “Do you understand what I have done to you? You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right, for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that you also should do just as I have done to you." John 13:12-16
Journey on!