The God I am encountering is so much bigger than he was a while ago – than I ever knew. He is God – the I AM. Every time I turn around, I learn new things about him. He is both far and near, huge and intimate, lover and judge. His claims on me get tighter. I guess in Christianese you could say I am growing spiritually.
God is moving me steadily out of my comfort zone to where people are. Now to me, helping people who to all appearances need help and to start with are weaker or needier than me is not so hard. I am a compassionate person. When I see people in need I want to help.
The people I find hardest to “reach” out to are the people who are comfortable already – at least with material things. The ones who are hard on the outside but inside are hurting. The ones who are trying but failing as examples of Christ’s way. And the ones who live styles of life that are going to hurt them in the long run. Because these are the ones I work with and live with everyday – not the great hurting masses who are out there somewhere – too far away to see how poorly I respond to Christ’s commands. These are the ones that will see how I live, the ones I have been given now to be a light to.
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