I once heard someone say, “When you share your grief, you cut it in half. When you share your joy, you double it.” Those words have always stuck with me. When we’re joyful, we’re always looking to share it with someone. However, when we’re sad, we tend to become introverted and try to handle the burden all on our own. Instead of verbalizing it, we internalize it thinking we’re the only one who feels this way. We believe the lie that no one can empathize because no one has gone through what we’re going through. It’s important to break away from that lie and find someone we trust to share our sadness with.
As Christians, sharing should be a part of our culture. The Bible tells us to confess our sins one to another. Why do we need to do that if God is the one who forgives? Because God designed it so that we would find healing by sharing our struggles. There are so many positive things that happen when we share whether it’s our feelings, our struggles or even our belongings. God created the Church so we would have a safe place to share these things. From the beginning, God said that it wasn’t good for man to be alone. He wants us in community where we can share and help each other out.
Here are some Bible verses on sharing.
1. Stand on your feet alert, then you’ll always be ready to share the blessings of peace.
Ephesians 6:15 TPT
2. Share your belongings with your needy fellow Christians, and open your homes to strangers.
Romans 12:13 GNT
3. Share each other’s burdens, and in this way obey the law of Christ.
Galatians 6:2 NLT
4. But even if I am being poured out as a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith [for preaching the message of salvation], still I rejoice and share my joy with you all. You too, rejoice in the same way and share your joy with me.
Philippians 2:17-18 AMP
5. Now our hope for you is unshakable, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings you will also share in God’s comforting strength.
2 Corinthians 1:7 TPT
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Devotions by Chris Hendrix 
On Fri, Dec 13, 2019, 12:46 Devotions by Chris Hendrix wrote:
> Chris Hendrix posted: ” I once heard someone say, “When you share your > grief, you cut it in half. When you share your joy, you double it.” Those > words have always stuck with me. When we’re joyful, we’re always looking to > share it with someone. However, when we’re sad, we tend ” >
It’s well