Just begin – one, one, one

During the sermon this week, I mentioned that as “sons” we not only have a sense of belonging, but that this gives us a future hope that can never be taken away.  Remember, it was the job of the son to carry on both the family name and the family business. 

If you and I are God's “sons,” then how are we to carry on the family name and business?  What does is really mean when we are called to carry out our Father’s business in this world?  Well, if it is God’s business to care for the world, then we are called to also care for the world.  What would happen if ALL of God’s “sons” did one small act of service or kindness to one person every day?  That could, over time, change a street, a neighborhood, a community, a city and the world.

Mother Teresa once said this:

I never look at the masses as my responsibility; I look at the individual.  I can only love one person at a time - just one, one, one.  So you begin.  I began - I picked up one person.

Maybe if I didn't pick up that one person, I wouldn't have picked up forty-two thousand....The same thing goes for you, the same thing in your family, the same thing in your church, your community.  Just begin - one, one, one

There was a movie a few years ago called, “Pay it Forward.”  It was about a little boy who wanted to change the world.  He challenged everyone to pay it forward by helping just three people.  Then those three people would help three more people and so on and so on.  It was an amazing story of the power of one person to change the life of another person. 

So, today, as “sons” of God, let’s be about our Father’s work in the world!  I would challenge us all to touch ONE life today – just one.  Then tomorrow, do the same and the next day do the same. 

Billy Gilman sang a song called “One Voice” a few years ago.  One voice can change a life.  Click here to watch video

Pax,

Pastor Carol