Provide was LAST week's writing prompt, but I was driving home from Florida. I decided to go ahead and write to it - VERY late!
In Acts 2, after Pentecost, the disciples and other believers came together and shared in common what they had - food, money, clothing - providing for everyone in the group. Isn't that at least a part of what Christian care is about? Shouldn't we take care of physical as well as spiritual needs? After all, it's hard to think about the spiritual when you're hungry, cold, or homeless.
My church's organic farm, where I help take care of our little herd of chickens, provides fresh vegetables to a local food pantry and for a free community meal the church has every Thursday evening for anyone who shows up. No preaching, just a shared meal. Each family is also given a half dozen eggs (from "my" chickens). Kids can choose a book to take home - for keeps!
Some of the church women make "ugly quilts" from old quilts, comforters, blankets, and sheets, which are then given to different community agencies to provide to homeless people.
In the fall, a group from our church goes to Guatemala to work in a native Mayan village. One year they dug a well to provide clean water for the village. Another year, they built a clinic.
When I really consider the different things our local church provides, I'm amazed and awed. And what's most amazing, I'm part of it!
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This post was supposed to be part of the Five-Minute Friday link-up, but I was too late! This writing prompt was "PROVIDE." For more information on Five-Minute Friday, click here.
That is so cool. It is good top be a part of something doing so much good in the world. Thanks for sharing, no worries if it is late. Well done!
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