You Know People

You know people who are at every place on the spectrum of life. Some are in the darkest places where pain and grief are familiar friends. Others are living their best life on the mountain top.

The Bible invites you to enter in to the emotional head and heart space of the people who are in your orbit. It’s not complicated. It is simply a willingness to feel and experience what others are going through.

As you navigate this new day, keep Paul’s admonition before you, “Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn.” By doing so, you will embrace and express the grace gift of empathy and it will be a life-line of hope to those around you. – Pastor Jimmy

Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn. Romans 12:14 (NIV)

Jimmy Pruitt is a believer and follower of Jesus Christ. As an idealist, his words are filtered through his spirituality with the expectation that he will encourage and inspire people to “Live Up in a Down World.” He is committed to being an authentic person in all he does. Because everyone has been through something, or is currently struggling, Jimmy believes the proper response to life is humility; it is the signature of Jesus bringing forth both pain and glory. He and his way better half, Annette, have been married for30 years. Agreeing their family is amazing, placing “Fun” in dys-Fun-ctional. They have three adult children and seven grandchildren that bless their lives beyond what they could ever dream. He is currently Lead Pastor at Bridge Church Fredericksburg, TX, and has started a new podcast titled: “Living Up in a Down Word – Making Faith real for the rest of us.”

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