Action-Reaction

Sometime God gives us little surprises, I got a few of them today. A random act of kindness where someone brought me dessert at work as a complete surprise, a wonderful compliment from a coworker and then a multi-colored cake from my roommate when I got home (yes you read that right she colored the cake four different colors).
The point isn't these incidents that happened although they were wonderful, the point is that our actions, whether good or bad, affect people. Even when we don't realize it what we say or do makes a difference. We can cause a child to doubt or trust by how we explain something, we can change the outcome of someone's day by snapping at them instead of taking the time to hear them out or we let people know that they're not alone in this world, that someone cares just through a simple smile or a listening ear.
It's not as easy as it sounds, often time we get so caught up in what's going on in our own lives that we don't think about what other people might be going through but I'm reminded of the story of Jesus and the woman at the well.
Before Jesus returned to Galilee he was in Judea, he left because the Pharisees were trying to cause problems (again). So he went back to Galilee which is where he was talking to this Samaritan woman.
Jesus was preaching, teaching to people and the Pharisees (and others) were trying to kill him. If ever there was a time for the excuse of being too busy or having too much on your mind to talk to someone surely it was now but Jesus didn't push her away, in fact he addressed her! Next time you think that you're tempted to brush someone off or think you're too busy for a simple smile or a kind word maybe you should reflect on the example that our Lord set for us.
I'm not saying it will be easy, it's hard for me too, but it is something to keep in mind.

Now I'm sure you all know the story so I won't go into it here but if you do want to look it up it's in John 4.

That's all for now! Good night world!