And this is what it's all about.
If for only one second I can come out of my selfish shell and really think about how to raise other people to be all that they can be. This is the goal and with Jesus love in our hearts it doesn't take but one second to have the compassion to move into action. I pray that God will give us the grace to really see ourselves through the eyes of the needy, because no matter how much better we may have it we are all needy. We have all been in that place of need or hopelessness at one point or another. Personally I pray God reminds me now and when I'm on the Race of where I come from. That although I have lacked nothing I grew up with children who lacked everything and it's too bad I was too young to recognize it then. But I thank God I can recognize it now and I hope that one day I will be able to go back to my childhood hometown in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. I hope that I can now extend a hand and love to those in need. I hope that even if I just touch one person I may be able to see the awesome work of God in a small one. I hope that I will be perfectly content to be forgotten if I get to see from the sidelines how God raises up Davids out of the dust. If I can love like Jesus and serve with all my heart mind and soul then that will be the greatest accomplishment.
I thank God for giving me grown ups in my life who set the bar high when it came to giving. My father risking his own life and well being more than once to help someone in need. My mother never looking at how much she was giving but hoping she could do more. I'm so amazingly blessed, God grant me the wisdom and courage now to be a blessing.
Thats my prayer today.
Amen.
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Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, 1988………..I
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