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30…LONE RANGER

Good morning! Have you ever surprised yourself about how easy it is to open up to a complete stranger and once you left their company, you left having a new friend? Sometimes God makes it so easy to share our lives with others, when we let Him. Sure, it takes an element of trust to open up to others, but what a return we can get from that single act of trust.

Trust is a common thread that we find throughout scripture and in our Christian walk. A couple of my favorite verses deals with that issue of trust. Proverbs 3:5–6 says, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.” Over the years, I’ve done a lot of trusting when it came to my physical heart. Over and over again, I laid it in God’s hands through the skills He gave to different cardiologists and surgeons, and that trust continues today.

But God never intended me to be a “lone ranger” when it came to living with my day-to-day challenges. I thought that term was fitting as I recently opened up to a total stranger at the airport on my way to Texas. When we discovered we battled the same challenges, we started sharing things that had worked for each of us. That meeting was not by chance. God had His hand all over that encounter and because I took the risk to trust and open up, I was blessed. The next time you have the opportunity to talk to a total stranger, take it, instead of finding a way to avoid the conversation. Don’t bury your head in a book or get on your phone. Put them down and you might just find yourself on the receiving end of a blessing that God wanted to give you!

Lord, You are so good to us. Thank you for giving us the courage to take risks in life. With You by our side, those risks turn into something beautiful. Thank You for the blessings that come as a result of opening up. Amen.