Today’s
Headlines:
“Three Dead Fourteen
Wounded.”
“Mudslide Death Toll
Rises to 30”
“Dad Convicted of
Killing Daughter.”
“Children Live,
Parents Died In Crash.”
“22% US Children Live
in Poverty.”
Who will love them if we don’t?
Neighbor News: 53%
marriages end in divorce. 41% of us will
be diagnosed with cancer. Most children
will be born out of wedlock by 2016.
Over half of teen-age Face Book users are lonely in real life. Depression and closet alcoholism plague rising
numbers of American women. 70% of Americans hate their jobs. Pornography is a $12 Billon US business that
the evil one is using to erode male integrity.
Who will love them if we don’t?
I will never forget 4 year old Jacob standing next to me
while I was reading the paper. “I love you daddy.” “I love you too Jacob” and I kept on
reading. “I love you daddy.” “I love you
too Jacob. Let daddy finish reading the paper.” “I love you daddy and I am going to do
something about it.” Jacob then jumped
up and through my open paper throwing his arms around my neck squeezing tight. “I love you daddy.”
For the past five weeks we have been studying and praying
about God’s love. For the past 30 days we have engaged in reading, journaling
and discussing what it means to love others, to forgive others, to reach out to
others, to love others as God loves us.
It is time to do something about it.
Are you building relationships with people who are not like
you? Are you getting to know the story of the clerk, the UPS driver, the new
family in your neighborhood? What about
the friend who sits alone at lunch or the person sharing the same hospital
waiting room, do you know their name?
“This is how we know what love is. Jesus Christ laid down
his life for us and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and
sisters.” I John 3:16
It is time to do something about it.
Who have you invited to the Easter Egg Hunt and Easter
Services? Where are you serving? Are you praying for people you know who are
lost? Are you praying for how you can participate in the expansion of our
facility to make room for everyone God is leading into our midst? Are you
praying for our rebranding efforts so you are ready to embrace the new name and
help us fulfill the mission God has
placed upon us to reach the lost and make disciples?
Who will love them if we don’t? It is time to do something
about it.
I’m all in. Are you?
