Focus - Back to the Basics

It is such a blessing to be under the leadership of a Godly man in our church who is leading us "Back to the Basics". You know, that is not just what our church needs but what our country needs. Back to the Basics....

We've walked away from or lost so much of our heritage where we took care of our neighbors needs and made sure that people had a warm place to sleep, food to eat, and someone who just cares. We are so busy getting to every sporting event and every fun!! thing that we can add to our calendars, we don't have time for one another.

Dr. Easley has challenged us as a church to find one or two people to just serve this year. To meet some of their needs. To be there for them when they have a need. To be their friend...to have them over for dinner....to take them to a Doctor's appointment...to share some laughter or a movie or a cup of coffee... to invest in the lives of others I think that simple kind of gesture ignited could set the world on fire.

Could we actually move back away from the "me"/ "it's all about me" mentality in the United States? Can we start seeing those homeless people as people who need something not as people who don't care? Find someone in your neighborhood that you don't know....goodness, I don't know that many and most of mine are family..... we are all so tired and so busy that we just don't invest in each other any more.

When you read the Old Testament and study the children of Israel, God's chosen people, you see that they did everything together. That is how traditions and their heritage were passed along....at the meal table....as they worked side by side to accomplish the greater community good. Today's children don't get to see that any longer and it is so sad to me. We need to begin the movement to pull back from all the entertainment and tickling of our ears to telling the stories of God's people and working together to help one another...

It's what Jesus did....He told us stories that could change our thinking and direct us to the Father and the service of others.....He changed people's lives reaching into their worlds and making things better with a touch....

Who will you serve this year?

People who really stop to serve one another...please, mam, you go ahead in line....can I help you with that....hey, how about a cup of coffee and elt's chat - what's going on in your world....how can I pray for you?.....