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IBS 29 - Romans 15:1

Romans 15:1
“We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves.”

That’s hard. To bear with the failings of the weak. To turn around and help someone up, help them with their struggles. We don’t ever want to do that, but when we are the one’s failing, we want help. We are to help the weak, and not just please ourselves. If we ignored them, then we would be only pleasing ourselves.  
Why is it so hard to never want to lift someone up? We should treat others the way we want to be treated. Everyone goes through hard times; everyone becomes weak. We need each other.  We should put aside ourselves, and put Christ forward. Follow Him, get out in the dirt, and help those who need help. As Christians, we aren’t here to please ourselves. We are here to glorify God and bring others to glorify God as well. And if that means we need to help a friend whose struggling to get back up and continue to glorify God, then that’s what we’ll do. 
A lot of times, though, we don’t want other help. We think we can carry our own struggles by ourselves as they weigh us down, making it difficult to walk. We don’t want to look weak, so we fake it till we think we’ll make it, but we become stuck. We’re prideful, we don’t want help. Why is it so hard accept help? 

I don’t like getting help. It definitely depends on what the subject is, but most of the time I don’t want help. I think to myself that I can do it, that I have to prove that I’m strong, my pride gets in the way. I see people all around me wanting to help, ready to come along side me, but I always end up hurting whoever tries to help. I don’t know how to let the strong help. I always want to be the strong one helping others, but I never saw that I’m not as strong as I thought I was. I can’t help carry others yet because I can’t carry myself. 

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