Show Up! III

Do not let loyalty and faithfulness forsake you.

 - From Proverbs 3

The proverb indicates that, when we cease to be loyal, or faithful, it is because, in a way, we have been cheated. There's an idea, that sin is not really something we choose to do. We just kind of do it without thinking. Good behavior "forsakes" us. It's not what we wanted.

So don't let that happen. Make faithfulness and loyalty want to stay with you. 

Here's the problem:

We do sin. It happens. We're going about our daily routines, and along the way we discover that we have yielded to some improper thought. We said something unkind to someone else. We committed some unhealthy act, because we "deserved" it. We were unfair to someone. We took something that isn't ours. He told a white lie. 

Our better sense . . . our faithfulness . . . our loyalty to God, let us down. It betrayed us.

The problem is that we don't do anything about it. We don't go out and fight for loyalty and faithfulness to return to their position of god favor with us. 

Do those simple acts, that show you are faithful, and loyal, to someone else. 

Listen to them when they talk to you. 

Send those Christmas cards.

Jot down a note, or an email, to someone that needs a kind work (everybody).

If you're invited to something, go to it.

Visit people in the hospital. Or in prison. 

Be faithful. By loyal. Be proactive about it.

Show up.