Reaching out you may find yourself

I have a million things that I have put down on paper over the last year and only a few see the light of day. However I have finally decided to try and maintain a blog. So many things to say but I can spread them out over time. I think it’s best to start from the beginning or rather the beginning of my awakening. About a year ago I was out walking my dog with my best friend and there happen to be a non-profit hosting a Unity in the Community concert. We met this guy Jesse who has a passion for outreach work that is only rivaled by his dedication to God. It is a passion that is tiresome at times (for those of us who find it hard to keep up with the fact he is a full sprint 24/7), yet highly contagious. A year later me and my best friend Martha were knee deep in preparing for the same event that most certainly turned my life into a much more fulfilled one.

Every week I go out with Take It to the Streets to do field day for children in a neighborhood that most people just refer to as the bad end of town. These kids know us by name and look forward to Saturdays knowing we will be there playing games and cooking hot dogs for them. Who but God can know the long term implications of the lives we touch out there, but I know the looks on their faces when we show up. The deep sense of making an impact in someone’s life is greatly fulfilling. It has filled a space inside me that I did not even know was empty. Sure sometimes I'm dragging on days and feeling like I want to just stay home and lounge by the pool, but never have I gone to be the hands and feet of God and felt like there was somewhere else I would rather be. I encourage any readers who are not currently involved in some form of outreach to get connected and get out in the streets. Jesus said "The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me" (Matt 24:40)

You may find that as you reach out to help others you yourself are being helped. The chain reaction of a good deed done from a pure heart and the sheer motivation to serve God has effects that reverberate throughout eternity. There is no shortage of opportunity to be the vessel in which God works through to touch a life of one who is less fortunate then you, the question is are you prepared to give God that kind of control?