Gosh, I feel so compelled to act on this. I wish there was something I could do tangibly. I wish that I could be one of those Red Cross people that hears about a disaster and you see them at the airport the next day headed to some far away place with a backpack and a heart of gold.
I wish I could have a ministry like that too. I was listening to a radio program yesterday on the local Christian radio station on my way to Best Buy. On the program there was a sweet sounding old lady giving her weekly ministry report. She keep saying words that haunt me, “and no one was turned away.”
That phrase, repeated throughout her 20 minute report, nearly brought me to tears as I drove down M-53. I have turned many away. Physically, from the door of the church. Emotionally, as I live my life. Physically, shutting down relationships. Spiritually, in not doing my job to the best of my abilities. I was just hammered by my own selfishness. It made me think about how I covet that alone time when the weather is warm. I drive to the golf course when it is barely light out and make sure I am the first person to tee off. I get aggravated when I pull into my parking spot to see that there is someone else warming up and who will likely interrupt my solace by asking me to join him.
I have got to figure out a way where I can still be “Adam” but live my life in such a way that no one is turned away.
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