This day

 Over the last few months I have had the privilege of meeting with numerous people in the church. Through these meetings I've started to become aware of a startling reality. The majority of them have deep wounds that have never been addressed. The fact of the matter is that a large portion of the Bride is hemorrhaging from critical wounds and nobody is noticing. What is even more startling is that these wounds have been administered by ministers of the Gospel.

I am not saying that these wounds have been caused on purpose. We as ministers have simply become complacent with the Bride. We have been careless with our words and deeply wounded the Lord's Beloved. It is imperative that we handle the Lord's Beloved with care. I know that I have over looked people as I was hurrying to do good and important things. The fact of the matter is that by not stopping to notice them I have mishandled them and reinforced in their hearts the lie that they are forgotten and unimportant. I have wounded the Bride. Let this not be said of us.

We as ministers must be ever aware of the very fragile state of the Bride. While financial stewardship is a topic that we are all familiar, I fear the importance of stewarding hearts has been over looked. Beloved, we have been entrusted with the stewardship of people. Let it be said of us that we noticed. Let it be said of us that while on our way to our next meeting we stopped, crossed the street, and took the time to bandage up the wounded. Let it be said of us that we learned to love well.