Seek

When I was a child, I loved playing hide and seek. I would find the best hiding spots. I loved being "it," too. I would scour the house to find my cousins and friends. There was never a stone unturned. I looked everywhere. I tossed curtains to the side. I flung open closet doors. I peeked under beds. I checked every cabinet and crevice. I was a diligent seeker. How often do we pursue the things we want in the same manner? Do we toss our pride aside to let someone know how we really feel? Do we inconvenience ourselves to seek out the assistance of another? Do we exhaust all possibilities before we give up on our dreams? Become of a diligent seeker of the things you truly desire. Seek and you will find!

Help

When did the words, "I need help" become bad? We all need help at some point. The vicissitudes of life happen to us all. When we were children, we needed instruction and assistance to do even the simplest things in life. We did not have any apprehension towards asking for help. However, as we grew older pride and fear prevented us from asking for help. We adopted a solitary mindset. We forgot that we need each other. We don't ask for what we need and choose to suffer in silence. For what? To save face. For who? Open your mouth. Ask for what you need.

Matthew 7:7-8 (NIV) “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.