When we hear about the needs, we tend to think "leftovers" We hear a family is burned out...lost everything...we go to our closets and pull out the clothes that are old, worn out, and think..."I can give these clothes to them, since they need clothes so badly now, and get some new things for me."
Or we look at the toaster that is beat up and burns our toast after years of use and think..."They need a toaster...theirs got burned up...I could wipe this one off and give it to them and go to the store and buy myself a new one...I would like to have some toast that is not burned."
Or we go to the bathroom and get the old towels that are see through by now...box it up...send it to the needy...and go and buy some new stuff for us...Get the picture?
My guess is probably not...most of us really don't get it...we are fine with giving our leftovers. Thank God…that God…did not just send leftovers.
God made the ultimate sacrifice by giving not only the only one he had but the best that he had…and you and I are the beneficiaries of God’s incredible giving spirit.
Don’t wait, find out where a need is and meet it. Let’s be generous and give some new stuff or extend a strong hand or help pay an old debt.
James 2:15-17
15 Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food. 16 If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it? 17 In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.
Wick...you are so right....wow....In this day and age we are all out to upgrade and give someone else the old model. We should be grateful for the 50" plasma flat screen and go and buy someone the 60" b/c God has allowed us the financial ability to do so...Do onto others as we would want done on to ourselves. Thanks for the thoughts this morning....have a blessed day my friend.
ReplyDeleteTommy Bolger told me a few years ago that he did that with his son, which I thought was so cool, especially with a child. Give another child a new toy, not something all used up, somebody's hand-me-down leftover.
ReplyDeleteGreat reminder for us all. Thanks for sharing, buddy.
Good thoughts, Wick.
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