Comments on: The second commandment of Jesus… http://charleswear.com/2008/09/25/the-second-commandment-of-jesus/ the publisher of Next-Wave Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:08:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Scott http://charleswear.com/2008/09/25/the-second-commandment-of-jesus/#comment-289 Scott Fri, 26 Sep 2008 03:29:02 +0000 http://charleswear.com/2008/09/25/the-second-commandment-of-jesus/#comment-289 I had an interesting experience with this tonight. I heard about some people who were helping some flood victims here in my area and I went there to see if I could help. There was a ton of stuff to do and some really amazing, giving, generous people out there doing it. Most of them had been "doing it" for a full week already. Rick and his wife Amanda (two people I met tonight) just decided to take two weeks of vacation to lead the entire volunteer effort and have been serving breakfast, lunch and dinner to over 500 people every. single. day. Not just them but they are the "point people" for all the volunteers. Well, as I was helping a guy to his car with lots of free supplies and dinner for his family, he asked me, "So what outfit are you from?" I'm not from one... I'm just me, I told him. He was totally amazed. I immediately tried to push all the "credit" where it rightfully belongs - onto people like Rick and Amanda - but in this guy's mind, they didn't count. They were "from a church." What really mattered to him was that "regular people like me" were showing up to help. His expectation is what stood out to me. I got a lot further with that guy (even got to pray with him) by NOT being from a church - just being a follower of Jesus on a mission of light shining. I'm thinking about that a lot tonight. This was another gem. Thanks, Padre! I had an interesting experience with this tonight. I heard about some people who were helping some flood victims here in my area and I went there to see if I could help. There was a ton of stuff to do and some really amazing, giving, generous people out there doing it. Most of them had been “doing it” for a full week already.

Rick and his wife Amanda (two people I met tonight) just decided to take two weeks of vacation to lead the entire volunteer effort and have been serving breakfast, lunch and dinner to over 500 people every. single. day. Not just them but they are the “point people” for all the volunteers.

Well, as I was helping a guy to his car with lots of free supplies and dinner for his family, he asked me, “So what outfit are you from?” I’m not from one… I’m just me, I told him. He was totally amazed. I immediately tried to push all the “credit” where it rightfully belongs - onto people like Rick and Amanda - but in this guy’s mind, they didn’t count. They were “from a church.” What really mattered to him was that “regular people like me” were showing up to help. His expectation is what stood out to me. I got a lot further with that guy (even got to pray with him) by NOT being from a church - just being a follower of Jesus on a mission of light shining.

I’m thinking about that a lot tonight. This was another gem. Thanks, Padre!

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