I heard myself say, "You need a soft landing spot, someone close by who will understand how this is affecting you."
Sometimes when a phrase pops out, I recognize later that it must have come from what I would credit as the Holy Spirit--it simply has a fit and meaning that exceeds my normal conversation.
Are you someone's soft landing spot?
Am I someone's soft landing spot?
I think these would be the people in our lives who fully listen (without having to tell their story), imagine what life must be like for us at a given moment, and pray for genuine compassion that would be God's heart and words toward us.
Sometimes, especially in our do-good Christian thinking, we assume we know what God would do or say.
But I suspect the ability to be someone's soft landing spot is birthed out of pondering God at a depth we rarely go to grow.
God might offer genuine compassion while our best uber Christian self would assume judgment the best order of the day.
When we get to heaven, will God ask why we tried to talk about Him rather than extend His very heart through listening and compassion and understanding?
Lord, please help us understand how important it is to You to be someone's soft landing spot.
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