JUST DO IT!
by SteveThere is a wonderful scene in the movie “Gandhi” where a broken man comes to the Mahatma. He says, “I have lost my soul. I am condemned to hell. The Muslims killed my children so I found a Muslim child and killed it!”
Gandhi tells him that he may yet be saved, if he will go out on the street and find a little abandoned boy and raise him as his own son. “But,” says Gandhi, “you must raise him as a Muslim.”
Gandhi, though not a professing Christian, was following in the tradition of Jesus. When people believed themselves to be lost, they were given deeds to do rather than doctrines to believe.
When John the Baptist announced that judgment was imminent, and the people asked how they might be spared, he said, in effect, “Do things which show that you belong to God. If you have two shirts, give one to him who has none. If you have food, share it. Tax collectors, don’t take more than is legal. Soldiers, don’t use force to extract extra money, be content with your pay.”
Jesus even said that we will be judged by whether we did specific things like offering a cup of water, visiting the sick and imprisoned, and feeding the hungry. What we believe is important…what we DO demonstrates it.
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Good timing for this. Dr. Dye has asked me to serve on a committee to plan for an event, Impact Day, June 5. The committee has decided to address the issue of hunger. They are also talking about having a health fair the day of the event. This will be an opportunity for all of us to “show that” we “belong to God”. Believe it or not the “hungry” are only a few houses down from each of us. I hope the church will support this event. I’ll share more information when I have it. Lisa
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