SCRIPTURE:
“so faith by itself, it it has no works, is dead.” – James 2:17
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
“Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.” – Sir James Matthew Barrie
Wednesday’s Giving Storie(s)
Fleming Rutledge, in a sermon delivered at historic Trinity Church in the City of Boston, tells of an incident in his life that happened as he was “crossing the street near my parish in New York City. A taxi came roaring around the corner and knocked me to the pavement. A crowd gathered and the ambulance was called, but it took an unusually long time to arrive. It was 40 minutes before I was actually put on the gurney. In the meantime, I lay on the asphalt. I was aware of a lot of people standing around looking down at me. What I remember most about that long wait was the great distance between me on the concrete and the faces high above. In those minutes I very much needed someone to get down on the ground with me, to put a coat under my head, to hold my hand and stay down with me until help arrived …. Love comes down” (Fleming Rutledge, “The Love Olympics Go to Jerusalem,” February 22, 1998). “Calls” are not spent high and lifted up. True “calls” are spent low and bent down.
SCRIPTURE:
“When you do something for someone else, don’t call attention to yourself…just do it – quietly and unobtrusively. That is the way our God, who conceived you in love, working behind the scences, helps you out.” – Matthew 6:1,4
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
“I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. Because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do.”
Thursday’s Giving Storie(s)
Helping a family member with the computer.
Cleaning out a refrigerator.
Giving a ride.
Listening to a friend.
