Wednesday, January 14, 2009

And you will be blessed because ...

"And you will be blessed because they cannot repay you,
for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous"
(Luke 14:14)


Traditionally, our extended families have big meal celebrations for Thanksgiving and Christmas. And as I look over the years the times when we have had friends over, who otherwise would not have had a celebration, were when we were closest to being the kingdom, or rule, of God.

Others, I personally know, have gone further than this. One churched couple I remember would take church guests out to lunch after church. Another couple had two homeless brothers spending part of the winter in their own home. A senior adult lady would go to the grocery store and receive goods that were fixing to be thrown away in order to cook them for both a homeless ministry and to give canned food away to those who required such grace or mercy.

So this week I will keep searching for opportunities to give myself away to those who cannot repay.

And, as always, you are invited by the Lord to do so as well.

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