“Little children, let us not love in word
or talk but in deed and in truth” (1 John 3:18, ESV).
Most of the time my thoughts are
reflective, as to our response to God living in us and our realizing that our
days are in His hands thus changing us while at the same time compelling us to
live for Him. Today I take a divergent
path in asking that we do something directly but maybe not locally. I know I
have appealed to all of us to love more genuinely, seek out the hurting and the
needy and remember God’s love and grace comes through us as live in the world
around us.
There is a need right now for each of us to speak up
for the Christians around the world. In
many places Christians and churches are being targeted directly and believers
are being severely persecuted and killed simply because they are
Christians. Of course we can and we
should pray for these Christians and their families, but there are few other
things that we can do as well. I am
listing some websites with information about the various situations around the
world and what we can do to help our Christian Brothers and Sisters during this
time. Maybe we can give monetary support to those in need or we can write to those in prison or
the families of those persecuted or maybe we simply need to bring attention to these heartbreaking stories by sharing them within our circles of friends, churches and families. We might even take time to encourage our government representatives to bring
attention and solutions to these terrible situations. It seems we should all do something. We are called to more than speaking of love, we are called to deed and truth. A very interesting article was posted today
at the Daily Beast. I would encourage each of us to take time to read it
and to take time to look at some of the other websites so we can put the love of Christ
into deed and truth in our lives.
Organizations http://www.persecution.com/ http://www.opendoorsusa.org/ http://www.persecution.org/ http://barnabasfund.org/
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