We help people
It's a win-win situation.
Helping is good for the soul.
God invites us to see God in one another.
From the very beginning, God created us to need each other. When we help someone, or receive help from someone, God invites us to see God in one another.
All people have the ability to give and receive. And just because someone has a need, it doesn’t make them powerless to also serve and give kindness to themselves or others.
Simple things to try
1. Pay attention each day for ways to help the people you encounter.
2. Make a habit of thanking everyone who serves you in any way.
3. Accept help or generosity, even if you don’t need it; it might have a big impact on the other person.
4. Find an opportunity to volunteer for a charity. Get to know the stories of other volunteers - why is it important to them to serve in this way? Share your own story as well.
5. Think of a way to serve other people at every station on the Discipleship Pathways map. What does service look like in challenging injustice? Or in prayer?
6. Listen to a Taketime meditation based on Mark 10:35-45: Master or servant.
Pause for thought
What choices do you make about making the world a better place?
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'Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did it to me.’