In the words of Edward Everett Hale:
I am only one but still I am one. I cannot do everything but still I can do something.
And because I cannot do everything,
I will not refuse to do the something I can do.
For too long I have been waiting for the someday and that something bigger, but I am beginning to realize that God has placed me where I am for a reason, and I need to be faithful to that, responding to the opportunities in front of me.
Let's just do something, and together we can do much.
Maybe for you, that something is giving an hour or two of your week here in Lancaster for one of the many organizations extending love by investing in the lives of middle schoolers, serving meals, counseling, offering shelter or AIDS relief, educating, or giving in one of many other ways.
Maybe for you it means packing peanut butter and jelly for lunch instead of eating out as a commitment to begin living more simply to have more freedom to give.
Maybe for you it means allowing God to mold you into an awesome neighbor, friend, or spouse.
Maybe for you it means prayer and advocacy, giving a voice to those who are so often ignored.
Or maybe it looks like one of the infinite other creative ways we can begin partnering with God to bring healing in our suffering world.
These are the things I have been taking steps toward in my life. Will you join me?
2 comments:
That tore my heart out. having been born in Africa, and living there for 18 years of my life, this scene is all to familiar to me. The end is touching. Thank God for people who just do what needs to be done
Not only did that video tear my heart out it made me cry like a baby - not sure if you saw my tweet, but I hate you for it.
But I do think we need to remind ourselves of the comfort we live in and how much people in this world need us do freaking do something!
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