Patricia Raybon- Building benches isn't James Warren's job. He started building them, however, when he noticed a woman in Denver sitting in the dirt while waiting for a bus.
That's "undignified," Warren worried. So, the twenty-eight-year-old workforce consultant found some scrap wood, built a bench, and placed it at the bus stop.
It quickly got used. Realizing many of the nine thousand bus stops in his city lacked seating, he made another bench, then several more, inscribing "Be Kind" on each one.
His goal? "to make people's lives just a little bit better, in any way I can,' Warren said.
Compassion is another way of describing such action. As practiced by Jesus;
compassion is a feeling so strong that it leads us to take action to meet another's need.
When crowds of desperate people pursued Jesus, "he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd" (Mark 6:34) He turned that compassion into action by healing their sick (Matthew 14:14).
We too should "clothe [ourselves] with compassion," Paul urged (Co. 3:12). The benefits? As Warren says, "It fills me up. It's air in my tires."
All around us are needs, and God will bring them to our attention. Those needs can motivate us to put our compassion into action, and those actions will encourage others as we show them the love of Christ.
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“I would encourage younger people to remember these things as they age:
Make time with God a daily priority.
Take good care of your body and love yourself the way God made you.
Learn to laugh at yourself.
Pray always, turning things over to God and trusting Him.
Slow down and take time for the little things, because the days pass quickly.
Make dinner or meal time special as your family sits down together and shares their day.
Try to keep up with technology and use it to your advantage.
You may have aches and pains, but don’t dwell on them or burden others by complaining. They come with age!”
1386-1390 One-line Scriptures for those of you who want to learn some more verses this week- or to review them from when they were first posted-
Heaven is still full of spiritual blessings. God sitll delights to give the Holy Spirit to them that ask Him. Prayer is still the appointed measure for drawing closer to Him to receive His blessings for the work of ministering. Praying for the Holy Blood of Jesus to enable us to receive this Gift, is the Father's will.
The North Country Christian Fellowship Center Churches,
located in the St. Lawrence county of NY,
broadcast their Sunday services at 10 or 10:15
You can view past services too.
Sermon listing:https://www.
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