Greetings Dear Reader,
Please put on your steel-toed shoes before you
continue. I have no intent to step on
toes today but this part of the dance is awkward for me at times. I love you and wish you no harm. Remember that I am looking in my own heart
and sharing it with you. If, however,
the conviction fits…
Yesterday I talked about the need for fathers and the Father
heart of God. Today I want to address
the least of these that we create when we are not faithful loving husbands and
fathers. We create our age’s version of
widows and orphans. We see droves of
single mothers working hard to provide for their needs and to care for their
children.
When I failed my wife and sons one of my friends rightly
told them that he would serve them as if she were a widow and they were
orphans. When a father abandons his
family on any level he creates this.
Those who claim to follow Christ do not do enough to care for these
needs. We have no true faith if we do
not care for the needs of widows and orphans.
Too much of our effort goes to things that do not matter
when we could stand out to those in need by our generosity and care. We cannot hope to think that we are faithful
if we are not faithful to this. We let
jealousy, greed, judgement, and our own interests get in the way attending to
this command from Christ. We all know
someone who is a single parent and could use some kindness and support.
If we know a single mom and are not doing something to ease
her burden then we are not taking care of our modern-day widows and orphans. There are so many ways to help and all we
have to do is make that help available.
If we offer our help those in need will come. It is never too soon to recognize the need to
practice true faith Dear Reader. I know
that I can do more. How about you?
Don’t
Tell Them Jesus Loves Them – Steve Camp
Oh, the suffering souls
Crying out for love
In a world that seldom cares
See the hungry hearts
Longing to be filled
With much more than our prayers
And a young girl sells herself on Seventh Avenue
And you hear her crying out for help
My God! What will we do?
Don't tell them Jesus loves them
‘Till you're ready to love them too!
‘Till your heart breaks from their sorrow
And the pain they're going through
With a life full of compassion
May we do what we must do?
Don't tell them Jesus loves them
‘Till you're ready to love them too!
All the desperate men
Are we reaching for the souls,
That are sinking down sin?
Oh, cry for the church
We've lost our passion for the lost
And there are billions left to win
And another 40,000 children starved to death today
Would we risk all we have
To see one of them saved!?!
‘Till you're ready
to love them too!
‘Till your heart
breaks from their sorrow
And the pain
they're going through
With a life full of
compassion
May we do what we
must do?
Don't tell them
Jesus loves them
‘Till you're ready
to love them too!
Why have we waited so long
To show them Jesus lives
To share salvation's song!
Why have our hearts become so proud
That we fail to see
To love them is to love God!
And a young girl sells herself on Seventh Avenue
Hear her crying out for help
What will we do?
Don't tell them Jesus loves them
‘Till you're ready to love them too!
‘Till your heart breaks from their sorrow
And the pain they're going through
With a life full of compassion
May we do what we must do?
Don't tell them Jesus loves them
‘Till you're ready to love them too!
Wishing you joy in the journey,
Aramis Thorn
Mat 13:52 So Jesus said to them, "That is why every writer
who has become a disciple of Christ’s rule of the universe is like a home
owner. He liberally hands out new and old things from his great treasure
store.”
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