Give What You Didn't Get

Give what you didn't get.What didn't you get?

• A safe childhood?
• A best friend?
• A loving father or mother?
• Opportunity?
• Justice?
• Support?
• Words of encouragement?
• Healthy touch?
• A place to belong?
• A good education?
• A healthy church?
• Physical health?
• Stability?
• Someone to listen to you?
• Someone to mentor you?
• Someone to grieve with you?
• Someone to challenge you?
• Exposure to diverse people, places, and cultures?
• A long lost dream?
• A hug?
• A good coach?
• An example of a healthy marriage or healthy friendships?
• A healthy work/life balance?
• Wise and generous stewardship of money and resources?
• A sense of purpose?
• Adventure?
• A place to call home?
• Truth?
• Grace?

Give what you didn't get. Often it's this place of not-getting—this tender territory of wounding, lack, loss, longing, weakness, and unfamiliarity—that can become your place of strongest character, greatest giftedness, highest contribution to others, and largest joy. This follows God's counterintuitive J Curve, that our place of pain can become our place of giving and gain.Quit waiting to get what you didn't get. Quit stewing in bitterness over what you didn't get. Quit holding yourself victim to what you didn't get. Instead, realize that what you don't have can become your greatest investment. Know that God is with you in your didn't-get-ness, and his presence and power can transform this lack into a unique overflow of care that you lavish on others.You can start right now, right where you are. See that person in front of you? Give them what you didn't get. And watch how God's supernatural mathematics show up, creating gains you couldn't have imagined. [mc4wp_form id="9268”]