So often...

So often we sit comfortably while people passing by are hurting. They are in pain. Maybe they haven't told anyone about their pain. Maybe the world knows. How can we as a community reach out to the hurting people around us.
When we look at people as God would, we see them differently. We see them hurting and in pain. Their hearts are aching. Do we even smile at them? Do we say hello? Where I live we don't even look at strangers in the eye as we walk past them. We most certainly live out of fear.
So often, those people we ignore are the very ones that need a smile.
As I look around me lives are being lost by loved ones. Marriages are crumbling before our feet. Women are losing their babies. People are getting really sick and sometimes don't recover. Accidents happen that cost lives. Choices are made that impact lives for generations. This is just in my corner of the world. These are people that I know. This doesn't include your part of the world. The people you are in contact with everyday, your family and friends.
Is there any hope for people who are just hurting?  How can someone who is hurting so bad have hope in this fallen sinful world.
So often we do not encourage. You've heard it said the Bible is a love letter from our Creator.
In Isaiah 48:20 is says:

Have you not known?
Have you not heard?
The everlasting God, the LORD,
The Creator of the ends of the earth,
Neither faints nor is weary.
His understanding is unsearchable.

 In times of trouble let us as a community be there to uplift and encourage those around us who are hurting. Do you know someone who is hurting in your life? Can you go out of your way today to encourage them? When you do this please comment below. Let's show each other that we as a community still care about each other.