Above is what is left of a tent in front of the Youth Building at the church in which I serve. The tent was used to shade consturcion workers during the hot days as they work on our campus.
Recently we had an excess of rain which brought total demise to this tent. The saddest part, is this destruction could have been prevented, if only someone (including myself) would have went a little bit out of our way and removed the water that was trapped in the middle of this tent.
As I walked by the tent this morning, the God I serve begin to speak truth the following in my life...
How often do I (we) as followers of Christ treat our brothers and sisters in the same manner. We know that they are in a difficult time but we continue to go to church, be their neightbor, family memeber, friend, etc. while they slowly become more and more destroyed by a difficult time in their life.
Check out the following portion of a letter Paul wrote to a church in Galatia:
"Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ."
Check out the words of King Solomon in his book called Proverbs:
"Rescue those who are being taken away to death; hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter."
The tent, instead of being destroyed, should be standing tall and providing shade for others in this hot day, instead it lays in ruin.
My challenge for us all today is to get involved in those around us that are headed down the path of destruction.
Engage in their hurt and carry their burden, rescuing them from the slaughter that awaits!
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