To Give

The other day...I was talking to a friend in my living room when I noticed a burning smell. I immediately knew what it was from. (Okay...that is a lie...even though I wrote an entire blog post about this very thing about a year ago). I checked the candle I had burning and then I checked the oven. I knew it was coming from the kitchen...it was rather strong at this point. I looked over to see this smoke coming from the dishwasher...and I finally realized what was happening. I quickly opened the door to recover half of what used to be a whole tupperware lid from the heating element at the bottom of the dishwasher.

It reminded me of the post I wrote a year ago about sometimes the issue being right under our nose. Yet we miss what is happening because we are so busy looking elsewhere to find the problem.

PR talked this past Sunday about that very thing...having to do with Mission work. Sometimes we are so busy looking for mission work outside of our community...and even outside of our Country, that we don't realize the need for our work right here at home!

I would like to admit some guilt here. I have committed myself whole heartedly to the Kyrie Foundation. It is a passion. It is something I feel God led me to (no doubt) and that I am supposed to be allowing God to lead me through that mission. But...(here comes the guilt) I am TERRIBLE at looking in our bulletin to find things that are needed of me within the church. I have been known to look all over the internet for "ways to help" with different organizations. Which is NOT a bad thing. I have even considered at Mission trip somewhere outside the safe walls of my community. But...the truth is...there are many people in need right here. And there are many opportunities...right here. I am so busy looking elsewhere to help, that I am missing the need right under my nose. The half burnt tupperware lid...that could have been salvaged had I been paying attention to where the burning was coming from.

So...I would like to challenge anyone out there who reads this....to check with your church first. See if there is a mission that you can be helping with. Our church has a monthly mission that they print in the bulletin and this months is also posted here...http://www.mulvaneumc.com/missions. If you go to Mulvane United Methodist Church, please bring your donation to JAM or any of the other services THIS Sunday. Let's change the way others see the mission work within our church.

AND...if you would like, we will be making fleece tie blankets to take to the Pediatrics Unit at St. Francis Hospital on February 27th, from 2-4 pm. We could use all the help we could get. And I promise, you'll be fulfilled.

Get involved by first getting on your knees and asking God to open your eyes to the needs...and to guide you in the direction you need to go to serve Him.

Matthew 25:40“The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’

Have a Blessed Day!
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