This is how we’ve come to understand and experience love: Christ sacrificed his life for us. This is why we ought to live sacrificially for our fellow believers, and not just be out for ourselves. If you see some brother or sister in need and have the means to do something about it but turn a cold shoulder and do nothing, what happens to God’s love? It disappears. And you made it disappear.  1 John 3:16 The Message (MSG)

It’s true that we can do all things through Christ who strengthens us. But God often sends us the help we sometimes need in the doing. Recently, one of our female staff members lost her dog to cancer. It wasn’t more than a few minutes later that one of “the brother’s,” (men on staff), heard of it and was on his way to help take care of what needed to be taken care of (without being asked, I might add).  Could she have taken care of it herself? Probably, but not without much effort and much pain. God is good.

I can’t tell you how many times over the last ten years I’ve seen something like that happen. Either to me, or someone else; it says a lot about the character and caliber of the men of God.

To them, it’s probably no big deal; “all in a day’s work” you might say. But to those who’ve been blessed by their efforts it’s a very big deal.

There was once a dad who asked his little girl what she thought daddies were good for, she replied; “Well, they’re good for lifting heavy boxes.”
 
Daddy’s are good for many things of course, but from the mouth of babes comes words of wisdom. Sometimes someone lifting a heavy box, or burden, for you means much more than you might think, especially when you can’t do it on your own.

Thank you brothers!
Let brotherly and sisterly love abound…

Dina Seaton
Marketing Assistant, Staff Writer