"Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep." Rom.12:15
These words seem so easy to read, but they become hard to apply sometimes. After my wife died I shed tears until I would sob, and no tears would come. No one shared those tears with me. I went through the hardest time of my life alone.
Recently I received some financial good news. I told one of my pastors and he rejoiced with me. I was glad that I told him. I shared it with some friends and they all rejoiced with me. I shared this good news with another guy who managed to find a dark cloud in my sunny sky. What if, he asked. Be careful he advised. They might take it back was all he could tell me. I was sorry that I had shared my good news with him.
If someone has good news, let them tell their story. It is their time to shine. If someone is broken hearted, be a listening ear to hear them. Keep your sad stories to yourself for another day.
Some people are so full of themselves that they have no capacity to hear what you have to say. They are the bride at every wedding and the corpse at every funeral. I have a word for those kind of people.
"And why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye?" Mat.7:3
"Do not give what is holy to the dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you in pieces." Mat.7:6
Prideful people who are full of themselves will not hear what you have to say and in the end they will hurt you.
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