His Hands and Feet

A friend posted this on her facebook. It is a powerful 8 minute message about loving God's people.

I think what really got to me was the fact that I do go to bed at night knowing I will wake up in the morning, eat breakfast, go to class or work, talk to my friends and roommates and probably my mom. The boy Eric Ludy talks about in this message is a 4 year old sitting on the road with NO ONE to love him or provide food for him. This little boy does not know where he will be in the morning much less a few hours.

Eric poses a really good question. What can we do? Our God is a father to the fatherless through US! WE are God's hand and feet. Truthfully I am a bit shaky at grasping this point, but I'm slowly learning what that means and requires of me. I work with intellectually challenged people. This is not always easy. It can be very difficult sometimes. But the joy that comes when they smile at you or hold your hand or when they start doing a kick line with you after watching the Rockettes is irreplaceable! Being God's hand to the least of these can be exhausting and yet the most fulfilling we can ever experience.

I don't know what it's like to have a child like Eric talks about and I have never been to an orphanage or even overseas, but I am giving God my heart to do as He pleases. I can tell you that if you give it to Him, nothing will be the same. I want to go to bed every night praying for His children that don't have the abundant blessings He has generously poured out over my life . I don't know what He has in store for me, but I pray that I will be able to be His hands and feet the least of these.