With the holidays getting ready to swing into full gear, are you thinking about what you can/will do for those in your “inner circle” of family and friends? What types of parties you’ll attend or host? Is the menu starting to swell in your mind as you take mental notes about all the details that await your special day of celebration? If you’re like most of us, you’ll spend the next several weeks planning, preparing and spending on what will amount to a few hours of pure pleasure as you soak in the moments spent with those you love. But what about those who have no one to love, spend or even share a meal with this Thanksgiving and Christmas? What about them……
“Then he turned to his host. “When you put on a luncheon or a dinner,” he said, “don’t invite your friends, brothers, relatives and rich neighbors. For they will repay you by inviting you back. Instead invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind. Then at the resurrection of the godly, God will reward you for inviting those who could not repay you.” (Luke 14: 12-14)
The world around us has not been hurting as much as it is right now. Wouldn’t we make a greater impact on the lives of those whom we could touch, reach and love with the greatest example of Christ-like living by doing what Christ told us to do: Pay it forward.
Thought to live by: Nothing pays-us-back more than following Christ’s example: Selfless love.
“Who’s your daddy; knowing God as Abba Father” Copyright © 2011, Pat Ferguson, All rights reserved
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