How are you?

I was just thinking: why is it that when someone asks us how we are, that we say "ok".  And maybe we are not "OK".

Come on guys, get out of this ritual. As brothers and sisters in the Lord, lets be truthful about how we are feeling. Yes, I am also guilty of this folly and will do my utmost to tell the truth about my state of being.

Cos if we don't say anything, no one will know that we need a shoulder, a hand, a hug, or just a listening ear and a prayer.

So in response to the question: "how are you?"........ I am not ok. . . . . . .but if you have a minute or two to listen to me, i will feel better. Then we can pray and ask God to fill "that not ok place" with His Holy Spirit and I know that it will be all good!