Remember Ted Williams, The ex-homeless man from the Today Show, that someone decided not to just drive past, but to stop and help? When you look at his picture, what do you see? Most of you may see what I saw. A middle aged black man, in need of a shave and a shower. Well, maybe that's all true but should that be what we see?
Next week about 40 of our middle school students will be doing mission work in San Antonio, TX. Some of the things they will be doing is serving special needs youth at a center in the heart of the city and assisting a ministry that serves food to the hungry . My prayer for our students is of course for unity and safety, but most of all my prayer is that during the week they will constantly ask themselves not "what would Jesus do" (even though that is a great question) but, rather "what would I do for Jesus?"
In Matthew 25:35-40, we are reminded that whatever we do for the least of these (ie. the hungry, the thirsty, the lonely, the naked, the sick or imprisoned) we are actually doing for the son of man.
Pray that our students will see Jesus in the eyes of those they interact with, and while you do so...pray that you will do the same.
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