Share the Love...in the Moment

Sharing the love in the moment means living in the “right now” and being aware of the people who are in that moment with you. Once you become aware of those people, you will become aware of who they are and what they need. Then you can compare their needs to your resources and see if you can meet those needs.

And that can all happen in one moment.

Jesus was remarkably capable of sharing his love in the moment. In the Gospel of Mark, we read the story of Jesus walking through a large crowd that had gathered to meet him by the side of the lake. Out of this enormous crowd, one woman reached in and touched his cloak, believing that if she could just make that contact she would be healed of an illness that had plagued her for twelve long years.

Jesus could have been contemplating where he was going. He could have been paying attention to the dozens, maybe hundreds, of other people gathered around him. He could have been planning what his next sermon or parable would probably be.

Instead, he was living in the moment. And in that moment, one suffering woman had reached out to him for healing. Mark 5:30 says, “At once Jesus realized that power had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd and asked, ‘Who touched my clothes?’”

What an absurd question! Dozens of people had touched his clothes by then. But there was one woman who had intentionally touched his clothes with purpose and that’s what mattered to Jesus. He was sharing that moment with that woman. And she was healed as a result.

Live in the moment with the people around you. Stop long enough to hold the door for the next person coming into the store. Walk back down the aisle and help the woman in the wheelchair get that cereal off the high shelf. Be the listening ear to that guy at work when you’re on break and you know he needs to vent about something. Share the love in that moment.

All of these might be little things, but they may make a huge difference in the rest of someone’s day. They certainly will in yours.