by John Thomas
I'll start this by helping some friends share their braggmg rights. Jim Gregory has given 13 gallons of blood the Red Cross. He told me that Bill Cox was on his 17th galIon. Brother I verified this to be true. WOW!!! That's a lot of blood! Blood represents life, so I say, that's exactly the kind of thing that Jim & Bill (and many others of you) represent to me...people who are willing to give their life for other's. That's the greatest form of love ( John 15:13)
We were ?acking a Disaster Relief truck when Jim and I were having this discussion. He said, "There are a few things in life that are better to give than receive, like blood and disaster relief. I hope I never have to receive either one of them."
A lot of times we might just read over "better to give than receive" and think 'It makes you feel good' or 'you might need something in return someday or be blessed one day for my generosity'.
Well, just take it for what it says. It is better to give than receive. It is be, to give than to be in need of a gift.
Think about these options:
1. Give platelets, bone marrow, > needing these things.
2. Load disaster relief boxes> needing them.
3. Tutoring someone to read> I knowing how to read.
4. Calling or checking up on someone in grief> going through the grieving.
5. Work in the Food & Clothing room> needing food and clothing.
Think of other ways we can g, of self. As members of the Lord's church, we should be willing to serve others.
Acts 20:35
"I have shown you in every way, by laboring like this, that you must support the weak. And remember the words ofl Lord Jesus, that He said, It is more blessed to give than to receive." NKJV
3 words, "Give Give Give"