Christ is present
when the Weak
are
loved and served. . .
- Matt Mooney
I came across this quote on the 99 Balloons blog last night. And, I have not been able to get it out of my head. I wrote it on the chalk board in our kitchen.
It is a simple little sentence, but it holds immense amounts of truth. The world says bow to the king. Serve those with authority over you. But, Christ says serve the poor, the needy, the weak. The Mooneys and the Farleys are great examples of this truth lived out in the flesh. But, there are endless examples, endless opportunities for us to be Christ to the world around us. There are endless opportunities for us to serve rather than be served.
Father, give me eyes to see, and strength to reach beyond my comfort zone seizing the opportunity to serve the weak at home and in the world.
7 comments:
Amen, sister. Amen.
Hi Erin. I found your blog through your comment on the Farley's blog. I am a SAHM of 4 and loved reading your entries today. I LOVED the one about the shoes. I have 2 boxes of my kids shoes that I can't bare to part with. Anyway, just wanted to say hi. You can visit my blog anytime. Have a blessed day.
Wow, great quote, Erin.
We receiving the biggest blessing through giving ourselves and serving - that's when God meets us and encourages us. I pray He opens my eyes to ways I can serve in the midst of the season I am in.
I pray you're having a blessed week, my friend!
Okay, that should be 'receive' the biggest blessing.... :)
I saw, through the Farleys blog, that Adrian Rogers' granddaughter is pregnant with a baby with Trisomy 18, too. (It's Poppy Joy Luce's blog, if you want to look it up.) It always amazes me how suffering knows no boundaries. Thanks for sharing this quote today. Matt Mooney is somebody I want to meet someday, in heaven. He and Ginny astound me.
You've inspired me as well. I am have already wrote this quote on our kitchen chalkboard too.
Thanks for the reminder.
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