Thursday, April 14, 2011

Seeing God everywhere

Lets face it most of us to not think about God often. We have to consciously think about Him in our everyday lives. We are so consumed with other jank that God takes a back burner to our lives. I am just like everyone else there are times/days where I don't think much about God. But almost every night when I see a beautiful sunset or when it is clear and i can see the mountains far off I think to myself "Wow God you are good" who else could have made something so beautiful from nothing. And He shares it with us. Outside of nature I normally don't think "wow God is good" unless He has helped me or a family member in some way. Most of us don't, How many times have we finished talking to a friend and walked away thinking God is amazing and thanking Him for creating the other person so that we could be friends and so on? Not many, at least for me. But a few weeks ago while in Portland Or, on senior trip we went to Voodoo donuts and after buying our donuts we were waiting outside in the rain for our vans to come back around and pick us up. I noticed a homeless guy maybe 25-30 years old just chilling in the rain. I had already had some of my donut and didn't need the rest so i just gave it to him. At this moment most would just walk away but i knew i had sometime and that nothing would happen because i had some of my brothers in Christ watching my back. I started talking to him and found out his name is Jeremy and he had moved to Oregon from Texas he didn't go too deep into his story, which is fine and expected. But we just talked for a few minutes and in those few minutes i felt heart broken and was wishing that i could help him in anyway. maybe talking was the thing he needed at that time. someone to show him that they care and that he is not invisible. after a while of talking our vans came around and i had to leave and i asked what his name was and told him that i would be keeping him in my prayers. To be honest there have been days that i have not thought about him but on the days that he comes to mind i pray for him. will i ever see Jeremy again? probably not. Did i make a huge change in his life? probably not. But in those moments i was reminded of what we (as followers of Christ) are called to do. To feed the hungry, clothe the naked, to love all. To take time to try and help those that we can and to treat everyone as Christ would, as a human. Nobody is invisible to God, He loves all those that he has created.
My challenge for all 2 of you that read this (haha) is that the next time you see someone in need (in anyway) help in anyway you can. Maybe it is just talking/listening to them maybe you can give them food or a drink or something maybe all you can do is pray for them. When you see an ambulance on its way to an emergency send up a prayer for wherever they are going and for whomever they are going to help. If you see someone broken down on the side of the road and if you can help them (i also understand, that as a woman, it is not always safe in that situation one can call people to go help) Open your eyes pray and ask God to show you those that He needs/wants you to help that day.

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