06.12.08
WHOSE WRAPPING?
Dear Friends,
Here’s a picture of some of my friends. They’re cooking a meal so that later they can serve it at the Simpson Homeless Shelter. This is something that our church does regularly, both cooking and serving.
Serving Christ brings many opportunities to reach out and be a blessing and in the process be blessed. Christ even said, “When you feed the hungry in my name, you in a very real way feed me.” However, this doing things for others, for the joy of serving Christ, and the joy of serving others, goes against a popular cultural thought. It’s a thought that says, “I don’t do nothing for nothing” (as someone once told me).
Given the economic times, it’s so easy to think only of what’s going on in my life and to be totally blind to the needs of others. But a person wrapped up in him/her self makes a very small package. The Bible calls us to “feed the hungry,” “care for the sick,” and “help the homeless.” In addition, it describes the joy that comes when a person is in the “giving to others” mode, as opposed to the “give me” mode.
In what mode does this blog find you? Are you obsessed with self, or with a passion to reach out to others and serve Christ in the process? I wish for you the latter, for therein you will find peace, joy, purpose, and fulfillment, and therein is the blessing of God Almighty.
I’d be happy to talk with you about it. Come on by. The coffee’s fresh. The light is on.
Blessings to you, Pastor Don
