One day I asked Mr. Ron, “Mr. Ron, all these white folks be inviting us to their Bible studies?” How come none of ‘em’s inviting us to their Bible doins?”
I ain’t sayin it ain’t all right to study the Bible. You got to study the Bible to know the rules of life. But I notice a lotta folks doin more lookin at the Bible than doin what it says. How we gon’ know God for real lookin for Him in some kinda religion, in some kinda system? I don’t mean know about God. I mean really, honest know who God is?
Jesus said God gon’ separate us based on what we did for folks that is hungry and thirsty, fellas that is prisoners in jail and folks that ain’t got no clothes or no place to live. What you gon’ do when you get to heaven and you ain’t done none a’ that? Stand in front a’ God and tell Him, “I didn’t feel led”? You know what He gon’ say? He gon’ say, “You didn’t need to feel led ‘cause I had done wrote it down in the Instruction Book.”
Denver Moore, co-author “What difference do it make?…Stories of Hope and Healing” from the authors of “Same kind of different as me”.
What a powerful message! That from a former homeless man who could not read or write until recently!
Our heart at WorkMatters is growing daily for the “sick and the poor”. Our vision has been expanded greatly to help those in need. The Joseph Project is our first major initiative to do just that. There will be more in the future.
As marketplace leaders, what can we do? Sometimes we feel we have to do something major. Maybe we should just keep it simple and say…”make a difference today”!
Father, will you give me the wisdom to know how to “make a difference today”, and the courage to “make a difference today”, even when it’s hard? Amen
