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| Whose shoes will you walk in? Can you be compassionate? |
I
recently went to a “Unite for Recovery Breakfast” which was a fund raiser for
the Columbia Valley Center for Recovery that will provide comprehensive
substance use disorder and mental health services in a 48-bed facility. It also
will have a family meeting area, as well as exercise and computer facilities. The
services they provide will play a vital role in the long-term social and economic
wellbeing for the community of over 300,000 people where it is located and will
certainly service an even greater outlying area. See www.509recovery.org for more information
or to provide a donation.
So,
how can we help those who have mental illness or drug additions in our
community? Give financially, with volunteer hours, and in prayer. I’m convinced
that all things begin to improve when intentional and heartfelt prayers are
offered to our Lord. We need to speak up for those in need.
I had heard a long time ago that the Book of Esther in the Bible is the only book that the Lord is not in, but after rereading it again, searching for even a reference to the LORD, I found that like Jesus, Mordecai spoke up for the welfare of his people. He was compassionate, just as Jesus was. We can also take on that quality in our lives and offer help to those in need. Trust God. If you are willing, He will open doors for you to help others. You can be compassionate.
Mordecai
the Jew became the prime minister, with authority next to that of King Xerxes
himself. He was very great among the Jews, who held him in high esteem, because
he continued to work for the good of his people and to speak up for the welfare
of all their descendants. Esther
10:3 NLT
Prayer
– Lord, like You…and as we see in Mordecai…help us to be compassionate and
speak up for the welfare of others.
Meditate.
Consider Jesus qualities and how we see those characteristics in others.
Verse
of Salvation ~ For it is by grace [God's remarkable compassion and favor
drawing you to Christ] that you have been saved [actually delivered from
judgment and given eternal life] through faith. And this [salvation] is not of
yourselves [not through your own effort], but it is the [undeserved, gracious]
gift of God…. Ephesians
2:8 AMP
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