My Heart Hurts
God has really been in my business this year about several things. One thing that keeps popping up is my attitude toward the poor.
A friend and I started a ministry this year for single moms called The PUSH. One of these days I will tell you all about the nuts and bolts of it. We have tried to share the gospel and Christ’s love with our “neighbors” and their mentors, and we are seeing so many blessings. I will just tell you the person who has probably been blessed the most is….me.
Over and over in the past year, God has pointed out to me through the scriptures, conversations with friends and strangers, books, magazine articles, podcasts, radio broadcasts and other ways, that I needed to do a heart check on my attitude toward the less fortunate. I thought I had compassion for “the least of these”-After all, I took food to the food pantry every month, I tried not to show favoritism, I took our excess to our local mission, we send money to missionaries- I helped start a ministry, for Pete’s sake.
God is showing me that it isn’t enough to just throw things at people from afar. If my heart isn’t softened to develop relationships, it is just stuff.
I am changing-I can feel it-and I am so grateful for the new people He is bringing into my life.
Last night, I was slapped in the face again. ( in a gentle way, of course).
I woke up at 2:00 in the morning and couldn’t go back to sleep, so I got up and continued reading this book……. for the next two hours.
Let’s just say God isn’t finished with me yet.
If you haven’t read this book, please do. If you have, let’s talk about it.
Hugs!
Hi Susan- I came over to check out the word verifier but was happy to see this post. My hubby is a pastor and one of the things he does is a jail ministry. One of the things he says is that he ALWAYS gets more out of this project than he ever puts into it. I have found that to be true in my own life, too! xo Diana
Your word verifier thingy is OFF!!!! YAYYY…good job- xo Diana
Hello Susan,
Just stopped by to say hi, I enjoyed your post! At a Church I used to go to they had a word P.U.S.H. it meant,
pray until something happens!
Have a happy day!
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Hugs,
Isabelle
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Loved this, Susan! Isn't it crazy how when Heaven invades a life it initially feels like chaos, but such order and clearness of thought follows? Just another awesome thing about our God! =)
Kristina J.
Hi
Thanks for visiting. I'm so far behind on my posts. Two of the kids were my Illinois grandkids. The girl and the baby. We had such a great Easter visit. Hope your Easter was blessed also.
I saw Shannan talking about it.
I'm sure you are a good lover of people!
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