I find myself trying to be someone people can depend on while trying to find people to depend on. Is it fair to expect somebody else to be dependable? Is it fair if you specifically tell them your situational need so that they can come through? How much direction does one need in order to be considered dependable? Is my whole post today going to be questions? Am I supposed to answer these questions? My goal is to work out my writing muscles a little bit everyday so that eventually I can answer the questions that are asked. For today however I want to focus on dependable.
I want to be dependable, the one my wife looks to when she is troubled. The one my kids reach out to when they have questions, when they are scared, hurt or otherwise in doubt. When the whole group of em needs picking up because things aren’t going right. But how do you be the dependable one when you don’t have the answers…..only more questions? In my experience, the answers come or don’t come in time. To me being dependable is being there, willing to work through it together. Sometimes I have the answer, sometimes I have more questions but most of all my presence shows the dependability that is needed to let them know they don’t have to do it alone. We can usually figure it out or at the very least bond a little over the frustration that is before us. Mostly we realize that the things that bother us are usually gone in short order – taken care of by the One that takes care of us. Being dependable is being there, caring and letting God work through me. That’s the dependability that I strive for.
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