I went through many different titles for this post. I settled on this one because I thought it wouldn’t turn any of you away. This idea actually falls under 2 of the 3 points with the worship180 mission. I’m all about versatile blogging. Anyway…

I wrote this past weekend about a breakfast I shared with my friend. We have been spending this time for a while now and it has been helpful to the both of us. One of the reasons that we get together and talk regularly is because our brains are SO much alike that it’s scary. And because of that, we see things in a very similar way as well as attempt to deal with things in a very similar way. I think we both get refined by being able to share with each other. This also got me to thinking about the times that people come to me and ask for my thoughts and advice on things. I do my best to share Godly counsel and help them talk through the things that are on their hearts. One of the greatest things to hear is that they are relieved to have been able to share what was weighing them down. I may not have completely answered all their problems, but I helped them get rid of that stress.

On a much lighter note, the whole reason I came up with this idea was because of my bedroom window. The sill in our window has lately become a neighborhood hangout for the birds. We will hear them land and chill for a bit. Sometimes they chirp. Inevitably, they do what birds do with they stop in. They poop on the stoop (I was going to call this blog the poop stoop. I decided against it). Then they fly away. Sometimes I feel like that stoop. People come and talk to me about all their various and sundry life issues and then they walk away. And I’m left there with all this stuff that they dropped on me. It’s those times when I don’t like being that person. However, I have come to realize that it’s not the people that come to me that have the problem during those times. It’s me. There are times when I love being that person and I am ready to help whomever. The stories and problems don’t change then. It’s my heart for the situation.

It’s really easy to be annoyed by people when they seem to constantly have issues that they are bringing to you. But I am challenged to find the joy in knowing that God could have led them to talk to anyone, but they came to me. So many people, Christians and non-Christians alike seek comfort and advice in some crazy places. Then they walk away with some jacked up theology and become severely misled. So I have to be doubly thankful because not only does God send them to me, but He has equipped me and is equipping me with solid words of encouragement that leave people relieved and equipped with God’s Word and not something that I made up in my head that could totally lead someone astray.

So if God has said so, you should embrace your inner ‘poop stoop’. You have no idea what it might mean to someone to be able to come and ‘share’ with you and how ‘relieved’ they’ll be after you have encouraged, enriched, and empowered them to move forward.