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Romans 15:2
Each of us should please our neighbors for their good, to build them up.
Romans 13:10
Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
1 Thessalonians 3:12
May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else, just as ours does for you.
1 John 4:12
No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.
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I thought that title might get your attention. 😄
We are in the season of LENT, where many say they are giving up chocolate. We have been suggesting that maybe a proper response to Lent is generosity. What I am about to share suggests what we might do with the Chocolate we are surrendering.
I came across this story, and I just had to share it with you all. What if everyone reading this decided to do something like this in their community.
The Story. Dan Usher writes “Back in 2013 I had a little idea. I called my sister and told her I wanted to buy 100 Easter eggs and give them away – would she like to come? She was so excited, especially as we went up and down the supermarket aisles filling the cart with some of her favourites! That weekend, we gathered a few more friends and headed into the local community – what fun!
As we handed out the Easter eggs, we found people started to smile, laugh, talk and respond. Conversation flowed and I caught a glimpse of how an act of kindness could be a catalyst for building new relationships and forming stronger communities.
It’s amazing how well people respond to free chocolate. It’s something everyone can get involved in and a great conversation starter. I can genuinely say from my own experience that you’ll quickly see that, far from being skeptical, people start to respond with a wonderful openness that will inspire you! In one exchange, a woman was near to tears as she accepted an egg. Her husband was very unwell in hospital and the egg we gave her just happened to be his favourite. In another, some schoolchildren were handing out eggs, and as one lady accepted an egg, she told them that the last time she’d seen a member of their school they were trying to knock down her garden fence! She saw this as a real act of reconciliation”
Isn’t that great!! What a story. Last year this act actually engaged over 15,000 people.
Everyday as Jesus followers, we celebrate the greatest act of kindness every, “New Life” through Jesus death and resurrection. In response to Jesus generous gift to us, what if each of us did something like this act, and we were to reach out to our Neighborhoods? I wonder what amazing things God might have prepared for us in our own communities!
I came across this story, and I just had to share it with you all. What if everyone reading this decided to do something like this in their community.
The Story. Dan Usher writes “Back in 2013 I had a little idea. I called my sister and told her I wanted to buy 100 Easter eggs and give them away – would she like to come? She was so excited, especially as we went up and down the supermarket aisles filling the cart with some of her favourites! That weekend, we gathered a few more friends and headed into the local community – what fun!
As we handed out the Easter eggs, we found people started to smile, laugh, talk and respond. Conversation flowed and I caught a glimpse of how an act of kindness could be a catalyst for building new relationships and forming stronger communities.
It’s amazing how well people respond to free chocolate. It’s something everyone can get involved in and a great conversation starter. I can genuinely say from my own experience that you’ll quickly see that, far from being skeptical, people start to respond with a wonderful openness that will inspire you! In one exchange, a woman was near to tears as she accepted an egg. Her husband was very unwell in hospital and the egg we gave her just happened to be his favourite. In another, some schoolchildren were handing out eggs, and as one lady accepted an egg, she told them that the last time she’d seen a member of their school they were trying to knock down her garden fence! She saw this as a real act of reconciliation”
Isn’t that great!! What a story. Last year this act actually engaged over 15,000 people.
Everyday as Jesus followers, we celebrate the greatest act of kindness every, “New Life” through Jesus death and resurrection. In response to Jesus generous gift to us, what if each of us did something like this act, and we were to reach out to our Neighborhoods? I wonder what amazing things God might have prepared for us in our own communities!
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