On our recent Christmas Cruise, I read parts of a couple of books. One was, Love Does, by Bob Goff. What a wonderful read. He would start most chapters with the phrase, "I used to think..." and then go on to talk about something that he has learned.
I was running early this morning and was, ironically, feeling a little sorry for myself. How could I feel this way, coming off of our great week last week? I started talking to God about it and I believe he pointed me to my own, "I used to think...".
I used to think that I needed to receive goodness and keep receiving goodness, now I recognize that what I really need is to extend goodness.
We have had chances to do that a few times in the last few months and I can see that in so doing I have received all the goodness I need...by extending it to others.
