For His Service

I was so sad after reading Adeye's post.   She and her husband have bee"n called to adopt many special needs children.   She shares the ups and downs and encourages other families to look at the children that might not otherwise get a home.   After all, the bible does say,   Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after  orphans and widows  in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.  (James 1:27).   Do I think everyone should adopt orphans...after all, I have adopted an orphan?    No, I don't .... I think everyone is called to help in some way... Donations to those who do feel called to adopt, feeding of orphans that wouldn't get enough otherwise, clothing them, medical care for them, etc.  (However, adoption isn't the call of 100% of the church body...even if I would choose it to be so).  I see an inflexibility in the Christian body to let the Holy Spirit di...

I literally have been locked out of my blog. It seems that Blogspot updated without telling me.   I also haven't had much time to write down my thoughts.  One of my  friends passed away suddenly, leaving her husband and 4 children behind.  Another one of my friends passed away in her sleep, leaving her husband and 3 children behind.  None of us are promised a day.  We have to choose to do what matters?  What should that be for a believer?   Doing the will of the Father.... What does that look like?  It looks  differently for each believer. You might be called to teach, to lead worship, to adopt, to fight for those who can't fight for themselves (children and animals), to feed the hungry, to take care of those in need...    No mater of what we are called to do, it all should look like service.     Jesus set the tone. Luke 22 14  When the hour came, Jesus and his apostles  reclined at the table.   1...