A Hot Cup of Tea

I have a hot cup of tea to share with you.
But How will I share it with you?

I could place it on a table, and wait for you to pick it up?
I could hand it to you?
I could hand it to you in a rush, and end up spilling it over your hand?
I could throw it at you? (Not a good option)
I could throw it into your face? (Oh dear, this is getting very wrong now. 😦 )

Which is the best option or options, for sharing this hot cup of tea?

Hopefully the answer is clear. Option One or two, is the only good way to share a hot cup of tea!!!
To hand it over, so that it can be a refreshing drink, for you, and doesn’t cause you any harm.

What is the hot cup of tea, that I have to share with you?

In some instances, it can be the Good News, that we have to share.
The Good News that God Loves you, and welcomes you to know Him, personally. (I do hope that I haven’t just thrown a hot cup of tea over you, by just making that statement??? 🙂 )

We do indeed, have Good News to share!
But can we sometimes, just throw it into people’s faces, in such a way, that all we end up doing, is causing pain and anguish?
The very opposite of what we are trying to bring.

The sad truth is, that I have possibly/probably already done this in the past. 😦
I do apologize to anyone, who I might have thrown any cups of tea at in the past.

So the next question is, “Why do we do this?”

It’s not that we want to throw any tea at people, but that we are eager to share the tea. OK, sometimes we can just be, too eager, and hence the bad delivery service. 😦
A previous post of, Are you Walking on the Train Tracks, tries to explain the reason behind our eagerness. (Short version, trying to give a warning about impeding danger.)

If we have been throwing cups of tea around, then can we try to do any better?

Now let’s be clear, I’m not suggesting that we stop sharing The Good News, but just that we might have a better delivery service.

We may well feel as if we have the ultimate medicine that cures all things, but does that give us the right to just pour it down, people’s throats, declaring, “This is for your own good!” ?

Hopefully the answer is clear, No! We don’t have the right you do that. If something was just poured down your throat, then wouldn’t you try to spit it back at the one who tried to do such a thing?

But then I’m lead to the question of, “But can’t I at least present this all healing medicine to you, and then let you make your choice, as to if you want to take it, or not?”

I do honestly think that I do have Good News to share with you. But I don’t, just want you throw it in your face. But I would like to have the privilege, to try to present it to you, in a way that allows you to either pick it up, or just leave it where it is.

I’m trying to learn how to do better, and to follow the example in Revelation 3:20 where God says,

Revelation 3:20
²⁰ Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.

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If you would like to look further into “The Good News” that I would like to share with you, then one of the links below, might be a place to start. If one just kind of stands out to you, then maybe you could try reading that one???

The Fence in the Wind

Renew the Inside

Are you walking on the Train Tracks?

The Rope and The Thread

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