- Love the unlovely
- Give God your firstfruits
This week:
Pick up litter (1 Peter 4:10). How many times do you pass the same crushed up Coke can that's been on the sidewalk for a week now? Trash pickup isn't listed as a specific spiritual gift per se, but perhaps lifting a hand, and a plastic baggy, to clean up the world around you is exactly what God is calling you to do.
Be neighborly. Borrow some sugar (Luke 10:25-37). As believers, everyone is our neighbor. But sometimes we forget that our neighbors are really our neighbors as described in Luke. Whether we live in a high-rise or on several country acres, we all have people who live next to us. Become a fisher of neighbors and extend your hand to them. Make them wonder why you should care. Now would be a great time to be cultivating your neighbors and invite them to church this Easter.
Say "please" and "thank you" (1 Peter 2:17). These three words do secure second glances these days. When you are polite to whom you are talking, people will notice. And hopefully they will be changed. Plus, since we are made in God's image, we are ultimately showing respect to our heavenly King. Remember that the next time you think a cashier is rude and not worthy.
To be continued...
Indebted,
Mitch
