One thing I found while I was in ministry was that very often I would get caught up in the act of doing ministry and keeping the machine going that I would tend to forget the very reason I got there in the first place. I would focus on just getting that next lesson done, or finishing up the planning for that big event, or making sure I had all the fundraising money in where it was supposed to be going.
In the midst of all that I would forget WHY I was doing it. Jesus has called us to love our neighbour, and I would tend to forget that love is a verb, meaning action! While I believe that all the things that are a part of general Youth Ministry are important and foundational, I'm urging you this week to focus on what you can do to love on your neighbour. Do they need some small kind of help like cleaning up their yard after fall decided to puke all over their lawn? Do they need something more serious like food? Are they in some kind of crises that you can help with? The more I learn about God the more I learn just how much his heart aches for the world and understand the responsibility that we have for our heart to ache in the same way.
There is a new book that is on my next to read list called "Love Does" by Bob Goff that speaks directly to it. I'll be sure to write a review here some week when I get around to getting off my list.
So what are you doing this week to be the action verb part of loving your neighbour?
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