Here’s a picture.
Here’s Bob and Dave (white homeless men) teaching Zane (4 year old son of a working single black mother) how to hit a wiffle ball at the Elevate Detroit Mt. Clemens CommuniD BBQ today.
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. But I think this one’s priceless.
Jesus is all over it.
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Tagged baseball, CommuniD BBQ, Homeless, Jesus, love, Mt. Clemens
“You must let your heart break. Only when the most innocent part of you suffers, can there be change. Else, nothing remains of you.” – Hatfields & McCoys
Sometimes I feel like Peter Pan. Young at heart; old in mind. Deciding to always think happy thoughts, but the result is that I’m flying. Life with Christ is truly life abundant… amazing, thrilling, difficult at times and always adventuresome.
I did not write this. This is a prayer I took from a devotional that I read today. This is a prayer I pray for myself.
Jesus, I see You wash Your disciples’ feet. I hear You call me to follow Your example. Help me to serve those I lead today, meeting them at their point of need, and serving them without regard to position. May my leadership create true community, a community that reflects Your presence and example. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
When considering the evil that runs freely rampant in my mind I am reminded and shown how much work the Spirit has left to do in transforming it. And I take courage and joy from the grief this causes my heart. For if thus is the life I have with my brother Christ now, with such corruption and double mindedness yet holding fast within me, how much greater is the journey yet to come as my transformation furthers and I may begin to actually reflect his basic tenant to simply love all freely?!
Like John, Paul and so many others, may I face each day with the bold, courageous and taunting phrase, “Lord, lead me on.” May I never falter or tire of the adventure of peace and love in a world so hungry for all three. And may I live and love all others as myself evermore and myself as relentlessly and fully as my Father Creator God.
Yes truly, the past has been good. The best is yet to come. I am yours, Papa. Amen.
My goal in life: Leave a mark on the world, but not a hole.
Put a dent on earth without leaving a hole.
Leave the world a little lighter, a little brighter and a little slower.
Ride the ocean around the world leaving ripples of love everywhere.
Never stop saying, “Let there be Light.”
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“I wish everyone would think the same as I do.”
I’ve thought this very thing so many times! I’ve said it with friends. We’ve joked about it. “If everyone would just think like us, the world would be a better place.”
Of course on my better days, when I’m seeing the world through the eyes of Christ and living through the power of the Spirit, that’s true. But in those better days, I’d never think that.
When I’m thinking, “I wish everyone would think the same as I do,” I’m being selfish. I’m being narcissistic. I’m thinking only of myself, my desires, my wants, my rights. And I’m not thinking of anyone else.
The ironic thing is that when I’m saying that and thinking that… I’m getting exactly what I want. Everyone IS thinking exactly the same as I am! Everyone else is thinking of what they want, their desires, their rights… and no one else.
I know what that feels like. Whenever I’ve been thinking, “I wish everyone would think the same as I do”… I’M NOT HAPPY. I’m not at peace. I’m not being loving. I’m not feeling loved. And that is NOT a world I want to be in! I’m getting my wish… Everyone is thinking alike… and nobody’s happy. Nobody’s at peace. Nobody’s being loving. No one’s feeling loved.
Hear me carefully… I’m not suggesting it’s all about being happy, feeling good, etc. But joy, love and peace are always evidence of God’s good work in us.
On my better days… on my days where I’m seeing, thinking and living through the work of my Father God, His Son, my brother Jesus and the Holy Spirit, I find myself thinking, what is the other person thinking/feeling? What would benefit the other person? What would God have me say or do in this situation or conversation? What does God want me to hear here and now?
I find that, as illogical, counter-intuitive, and bassakwards as that is… that’s when I feel peace, joy and life that never runs dry.
Let me never wish for everyone to think like me again. Let us all, everyone of us strive to think like you. Always. And let our mindsets be a beginning point of your Light shining into our worlds, glorifying you so much more than we see now.
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