Welcome to 10 minute Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life and the time it takes to get to work.

I'm Jensen Holt McNair.

Right now we're going through the first book of the Bible, Genesis.

Last week I had a long busy day. I had a friend over for breakfast, I went out and grabbed lunch, I went to the grocery store, had to stop by Target

to return some things, and I ended up running into a few acquaintances while I was there.

I was out in public for a long time. And when I got home, my husband

sheepishly asked me if I knew that the back of my sweatshirt was covered in a

very large spit-up stain. At this point, with our six our six month old I'm used to changing my

sweatshirt a few times a day, but this day I hadn't noticed he had thrown up

over my shoulder before I went out, which means I had been walking around all day with dried vomit on my back.

And no one told me.

Maybe you've never had a vomit stained sweatshirt, but you've probably realized late in the day

that there's something stuck in your teeth, or toilet paper stuck to your shoe, or something embarrassing

like this, and no one told you. It's so frustrating and yet when I see someone struggling

like this oftentimes I don't really want to say anything especially if I don't

know them well. I usually only help out the people I'm really close with.

Maybe that's wrong if me, but it rings true.

On my day out, not a single stranger helped me out,

not the people I ran into at Target.

It was my husband who finally let me in on my struggle.

People don't usually want to experience discomfort with a stranger, but when it's someone close, we're more willing to struggle through that awkward conversation.

And this is true for more than just the food stuck in your teeth or the vomit on your back. If I take stock of my

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