Love Thy Neighbor

When a family member lives on the streets more than a thousand miles away from you, a part of your heart  constantly leaks love in empathy.  What you want to give and do for them you cannot.  So,  if you are blessed to give and do for those on the streets who just happen to live nearer then, you do what you can where you are.  But isn't that God's economy?  Sometimes what we sow, others reap and often, we reap what we ourselves did not sow.  That is why I so strongly believe that as we love our neighbors we are depositing into a bottomless account that others can draw out of in situations we may never know about.  Each time I was able to locate my family member in Detroit this summer we both shed tears of joy and hung on each others necks with hugs and kisses for extended periods.  We ate, shopped and talked like we were on the best day adventure ever.  And when we left each others side we knew that somehow God would continue to provide-material goods for him from willing and able souls in Detroit and souls for me to bless in Tampa because I am willing and able. Jesus was very specific when he commanded us to love God and love our neighbors.  Consider, as the Samaritan did, that your neighbor will be someone as opposite you as you might ever imagine.  You will be tempted to walk away from the "otherness" of them.  But whomever you love on, know that they are someones brother, uncle, cousin, grandson, nephew or father and that what you do for them, others are doing for the ones you love in their time of need.

The Mission field is all around us!