Tis' The Season In Being Thankful... (part I)

We serve our one day in the local food pantry, bring coats to a family in need. Set a baked good at the doorstep of our neighbor with a note attached reading " God Bless
you this holiday season" or something similar...We may even go as far as inviting one without family in our home for a meal...Yet it stops after that one time..

What is it about this time of year that we are more aware of those in need and do our part to serve them that one time? Why just that one time? As a follower of Christ shouldn't that be a part of our daily breath? Being so aware of those in need that we are serving & loving until we feel like we having nothing left and then we still keep going...

And then it goes beyond that. What is a need? I am sure the first thing that comes to mind is everything we all need: food,clothing,shelter... but what about something deeper? What about the depths of a soul that hurts because the lack of love and what about those who are wandering through life feeling lost & alone.  Mother Teresa once said,

"Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat. "

So, the question I am asking myself and I will ask you, "Has the awareness of need become a part of my, of your, daily life?"


...just journeying & processing out loud...