And Who is My Neighbor?"

My thoughts on Bishop Burton's talk "And Who is My Neighbor?"

I love the way we, the church, without ceremony, without media, go about doing good. I know there isn’t much “doctrine” in this talk, but there is much love and warmth. I was part of the “helping hands” that helped those in the NW with the floods that hit us last December. I didn’t do much. I just tied a quilt. I truly didn’t do much as others spent days, weeks and even months trying to help those people. I didn’t do much. I just spent 10 hours hemming quilts for new baby kits for a scouts eagle project. It was only 10 hours—only 40 blankets. I didn’t do much when my son asked me to help him with his eagle project: making wood block kits for the church to give to under privilege kids. I just helped a young man reach out. We all don’t do much, but together we do a lot and we do make a difference.
We may not help in the big things--earthquakes, fires, floods, hurricanes—but we do help when we hold a child’s hand, comfort a sister in need, take a dinner over or just listen. We truly are serving our God when we serve his people.