One at a Time

I am a member of SECC online. After watching the service about the $20 envelopes, I went to the store and got $20 cash back and set it in my wallet, asking God to show me what to do with it. I saw a guy playing guitar by the store with a basket for money. I thought maybe that was what God wanted. But I felt him say Not Yet. One if my Hospice patients daughter asked if I could take her place at a community fundraiser at the Presbyterian church for the burned down community center. Mom just got COVID and she felt obligated to quarantine herself as well so couldn’t go. Normally my husband and I tend to isolate ourselves at our home in the woods, always turning things down. But I felt Gods urging “this is the one”. So I said Yes and I gave her the $20 plus the other $10 I had set aside (before I was able to go get the $20). We would take her place at the table. So tomorrow I am attending a community gathering and will be mingling with people from up and down the River. Out of my comfort zone but God is calling me there. Lord, open my eyes so I can SEE why I am meant to be there!

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  • Debbie Ridgley

    Debbie Ridgley

    I opened my eyes to watch for WHY I was there and how God might use me to benefit others. We had a great evening chatting away with a couple from down River. It was great! Nothing happened and I wondered why God had sent us. Then he said “I did it for YOU! You weren’t there to minister to others. I sent you there so someone else could minister to YOU!” (I am the dirt in the story! )

We read in the Gospels that Jesus was often going somewhere or "on his way" when he encountered someone who had a need he fulfilled. Jesus's proximity to these people is what allowed for these opportunities to present themselves, and the same is true for us. The people that surround us or we find ourselves near determine the different types of opportunities that we have to love and value people one at a time.  So this week, surround yourself with some people that aren't typically in your proximity! This could mean you have to change up your usual routine, but this allows God to place some people in your path that you normally wouldn't see and gives you new chances to show others his love. Make sure to share what you did differently and how God used you in the "Stories" section of the app!

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