I have always liked the Beatitudes for the specific nature in which they guide our daily walk with Jesus . From time to time, I enjoy thinking about modern day Beatitudes. My new favorite is from Max Lacado "Blessed are the available".
It is amazing what showing up to do God's will means in the lives of those present. Just this week, I have witnessed people being available to people:
Who are exchanging wedding vows
By expressing their feelings in a Caring Bridge journal
To sit by a bedside
Through prayer texts
Knowing they are just a phone call away
Holding hands
Celebrating anniversaries and birthdays
In Neighborhood groups
Sharing talents as musicians and thespians
Extending emergency care
Counseling
Around tables at prayer breakfasts
To plan worship
To make handprints
Receiving graduation invitations
Who are hearing bad news
Going the extra mile to pass on a message
Confirmands, mentors, waterfalls and mountains
Having lunch
Through Interfaith hospitality network families and volunteers
And this is just what I know about the precious presence in one week at First United Methodist Church Gastonia.
Blessed are the available for they are the conduits, the tunnels, the tools to do His will. Amen.
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