Something Special

". . . do not boast over those branches. If you do, consider this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you." (Romans 11:18)

You do not support the root, but the root supports you.

What comes to your mind when you hear these two words, "Something Special"?

Growing up on the southern California beaches in the late 1950s and 1960s, the "Beach Boy" era . . . "Let's go surfing now" . . . "Catch a wave and you're sittin' on top of the world" . . . the very cool feelings you get when you hear their song, . . . "good, good, good, good vibrations."

What comes to mind for you? Is it something special? Something . . . that something is rooted in love, but did you ever consider that pride and arrogance are barriers to the good vibrations found in loving one another?

The ingredient, the vibes that go deep into the soul of people, is humility - considering others more important than yourself (Philippians 2, 3, and 4).

"Others" focused . . . a consistent concern for the well-being of someone special . . . the orphan, widow, or prisoner. You see in God's economy we do not support the root which is love, but the root supports us. The "something special" is you. You are something special to me. Will you make "something special" today, then walk humbly, love mercy, act justly . . . the root is about to nourish you with good, good, good vibrations. Go serve somebody, go encourage someone, go offer yourself to another. Be something special to a neighbor.

May the God who is love bless you big time today!

Love,
Chappy


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