What We Can Do – Today – to Reach People in Need

No matter where we belong, let’s keep the doors flung wide open. Focus on the fringes. We don’t need to fly across the world to find sick souls; they are living within reach of our local churches. They are our best friends. How often does someone tragically take their own life, and no one knew they were suffering? Or, maybe we did! It happens all of the time. Just look at the statistics. It’s our close friends. It’s our family members. Our community members, teammates, and classmates.

We need to stop being distracted by division and hurry to love the people God has put right in our paths. Those who follow Christ, and those who do not. Following Christ isn’t easy, either. We can never assume we’re all ok. We’re not ok. And it’s ok. That’s why we have each other. We are all in need of a daily dose of Christ’s compassion. Matthew recorded Jesus saying:

Someone needs to know today, if a pastor has told you in any variation your pain is not worthy of their compassion, leave. Healthy pastors exude the gentle and lowly spirit of Christ, Himself.

Christ wasn’t exclusive. Remember the story of the women who bled. Everyone in her life labeled her unclean. Everyone but Jesus. He saw past her condition to who she was. I don’t know about you, but I want to be a part of freeing someone like Jesus freed that woman! I want to see people like He sees them. I want to notice the people in my life who are soul sick and hurting, and be able to depend on that same community of love when I, myself, am soul sick.

Show us, Father, how to live beyond the lines we create and the qualifications we make. 

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Meg writes about everyday life within the love of Christ at megbucher.com. She is the author of “Friends with Everyone, Friendship within the Love of Christ,” “Surface, Unlocking the Gift of Sensitivity,” “Glory Up, The Everyday Pursuit of Praise,” “Home, Finding Our Identity in Christ,” and "Sent, Faith in Motion." Meg earned a Marketing/PR degree from Ashland University but stepped out of the business world to stay home and raise her two daughters …which led her to pursue her writing passion. A contributing writer for Salem Web Network since 2016, Meg is now thrilled to be a part of the editorial team at Salem Web Network. Meg loves being involved in her community and local church, leads Bible study, and serves as a youth leader for teen girls.