Are You Making A Difference?

God has been teaching me so much this week!! I am so excited about it that I just have to share it with you.

All year Scott and Kelli, from KLOVE, have been encouraging people to participate in Make a Difference Monday. Every Monday they have people call in to share about the random acts of kindness that they have been doing for total strangers. All year, I have not participated in this challenge. It is cool to listen to other people's stories, but I just decided that I do not have time for that.

Little did I know, God has other plans...

At Bible study on Monday, we talked about Finances. One of the highlights of our conversation was about giving to others. By the end of this Bible study we were all so excited, because we wanted to be able to live radically for God. What does that look like? Random acts of kindness. We even talked about maybe doing something as a group or each taking $10.00 to bless someone else. Afterward we would come back together and share our stories.

I thought that would be so cool, but I guess God really wanted me to get the message.

So, yesterday morning I was in my monthly staff meeting. Every meeting starts out with a short devotional. Yesterday, my co-worker talked about looking beyond ourselves and doing things for others just because we can. She encouraged us to go out and do something for someone that would not be for your own personal benefit. My mouth almost hit the floor. This is the message I have been hearing from God all week long!! She even gave us a small gift box to serve as a reminder for us to think about others, before we think about ourselves.



God has shown me that I am such a selfish person. It's just a fact. I am concerned with myself and where I need to go that I rarely think about anyone else that is not in my circle of influence. However, I am convinced that God wants me to be more like Jesus in this area.

Starting yesterday, I am praying that God shows me at least one person that I can be kind to a week.

Are you all in the same position? Would you join me in this quest to be more like Jesus? Are you already performing random acts of kindness? If so, I would LOVE to hear your ideas.

I want to leave you with a song, by Matthew West. The song is called, "My Own Little World" and I think that they do a great job of summing up how I have felt this week.



My Own Little World
Matthew West
In my own little world it hardly ever rains
I’ve never gone hungry or always felt safe
I got some money in my pocket shoes on my feet
In my own little world
Population me

I try to stay awake through the Sunday morning church
I throw a twenty in the plate but I never give ’til it hurts
and I turn off the news when I don’t like what I see
it’s easy to do when it’s
population me

What if there’s a bigger picture
what if I’m missing out
What if there’s a greater purpose
I could be living right now
outside my own little world

Stopped at the red light, looked out my window
Outside the car, saw a sign, said “Help this homeless widow”
Just above this sign was the face of a human
I thought to myself, “God, what have I been doing?”
So I rolled down my window and I looked her in the eye
Oh how many times have I just passed her by
I gave her some money then I drove on through
in my own little world there’s
Population two

What if there’s a bigger picture
what if I’m missing out
What if there’s a greater purpose
I could be living right now
outside my own little world

Start breaking my heart for what breaks Yours
give me open hands and open doors
put Your light in my eyes and let me see
that my own little world is not about me