“Then the king will say to those on his left, ‘Get away from me! You are under God’s curse. Go into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels! I was hungry, but you did not give me anything to eat, and I was thirsty, but you did not give me anything to drink. I was a stranger, but you did not welcome me, and I was naked, but you did not give me any clothes to wear. I was sick and in jail, but you did not take care of me.’ Then the people will ask, ‘Lord, when did we fail to help you when you were hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in jail?’ The king will say to them, ‘Whenever you failed to help any of my people, no matter how unimportant they seemed, you failed to do it for me.’ Then Jesus said, ‘Those people will be punished forever. But the ones who pleased God will have eternal life.’” (Matthew 25:41-46) Helping people doesn’t always mean stopping at the side of the road to change an old lady’s flat tire. There are millions of ways to help others, and they all have a common denominator: put self last. Ego. Ugh! That one thing that Satan feeds on like a Shoney’s buffet. But only if we let him!
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July 17, 2024
Pebbles in the Pond