The Value of Doing Good

We have all kinds of troubles and variations of trials that come into our lives on a day to day basis. Stress, busy-ness, diets, and whatever else you may be struggling with hurts a lot, sometimes. But finances... whew do they ever place a crazy burden on your daily life... I think and wholly believe in Acts 4:32, "Now the full number of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one said that any of the things that belonged to him was his own, but they had everything in common." James River Assembly has recently started a foundation for people in the church to help each other out in this time of economic uncertainty. So what if you might not have all the money that you WANT to have?? So what? Our job as fellow believers is to HELP one another in their time of need. If you have food and a shelter over you're head, you have what you need. Every single person can give something to someone else. And if money is the way you can bless, use it. All the treasures we store up on earth will NOT follow us to Heaven. In fact, if we horde them here, they will be destroyed by the moths and rust! Why not help if you can? It bothers me. Selfishness bothers me. It is a component of pride and pride does indeed come before a fall. I believe that every person in the United States is called to sponsor a child in another country. I believe that we are all called to support missionaries in other countries. If you aren't called to go, I can guarantee you that you are called to give. It is your duty. It is your duty to help your brothers and sisters in Christ when they NEED help. Jesus told the parable about the man who owed money to the King. Millions of dollars, in fact. And the King wanted his money and he wanted it at that moment. The man couldn't pay, so the King said for him to sell everything he owned and he would accept that amount for his payment. The man again said, just give me time! So, the king said, Okay, I will forgive it all. You are free to go. So the man went freely. Later, he called for a servant of his who owed him just a few dollars. The servant did not have the money he owed the man, and the man was angry. In fact, the man had the servant thrown into prison. After the king had heard what the man had done, he was angry and called him back and told him that he had to pay back all the millions of dollars he owed him, while he was PUT IN JAIL. It is IMPORTANT to help the ones and show grace and mercy to the people that may not be as fortunate as you at this time. Greediness is SIN, and it will be punished. One of my dreams is to eventually be able to save back money and just give it to the ones that need a boost up on their rent, or maybe they fell behind on a car payment. I just want to help them. It is my duty and it is something that I look forward to. I love y'all!