God is not unjust; He will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as
you have helped His people and continue
to help them.
Hebrews 6:10(NIV)
I have surrendered to Sabbath. It is time for quiet, time to serve,
time to reflect. May His Peace be with you...Off to do the AIDS Walk in Central
Park
(my Sunday FB status update)
(it took awhile to get this posted. Lately, when Sabbath comes, I am in full surrender. Sometimes, surrender is about acting for the greater good. Read. Enjoy.)
On this Sabbath, I was blessed to serve. On Pentecost Sunday,
when so many Christians engage in corporate worship, attired in red to honor the
alighting of the Holy Spirit, I got soaked in New York’s Central Park alongside
nearly a million members of my tribe. Those who heed the call. My people. We weren’t
friends, in fact most of them I’d never even met, but we were joined in
service. According to AIDS Walk event creator and producer Craig Miller,
In 1986, about 6,000 very visionary people from throughout the
Tri-State Area came together to launch a strong and compassionate response to
the AIDS epidemic at a time when government and the media were doing very
little to help, and over the decades it has proven to be a key source of
support for GMHC and New York City’s fight against AIDS.
Interestingly, this year’s walk theme was “Community.” We were,
all of us, collectively, in communion with a common goal.
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How and why do we serve? Chatting with the friend who invited me
to participate, (I walked with a team representing URAWarrior.com) we shared our disappointment that neither my church nor hers even
considered putting up a team. We were encouraged by the diversity of the event,
that so many young people, families with children and Corporate sponsors were
out in force, but where was the body of believers?
I thought of Jesus healing the leper; serving the least. It’s
not like those were popular choices then, and they don’t seem any sexier now.
My call to action was clear…we’ve got to do better.
How often do we actually put into practice, “WWJD?” Does it
frame and inform every action? How about all the words we say, or every single
approaches we take, not just on Sundays but in every area of our lives? I know
my answer-social justice should be a sacrament.
I’m glad I got wet. Soaking in the rain was today’s wake-up
call. More of church needs to happen outside the walls, and I’m starting here
and how. I’ll be doing more. I’m
committing to more consistent deliberate action in everything I say and
do; because it all matters. Because He never forgets the works we do or the
love we show His people. We need to be about paying it forward. In Jesus’
name. Amen.