Daily Bread (Serving Together)

[shortlady]

Serving Together
READ: Galatians 5:13-16

Through love serve one another. —Galatians 5:13

When Cristine Bouwkamp and Kyle Kramer got married in the spring of 2007, they did something most of us wouldn’t think of doing. Instead of hosting a “sit-down dinner,” they held a simple reception at the church and invited their guests to help distribute food to people in need.

They bought a truckload of food and had it delivered to the church parking lot. Then they and their wedding guests served the people of the neighborhood. Cristine and Kyle said the first thing they wished to do as a married couple was to serve others. Because God had changed their lives so radically, they wanted to “bless God for blessing us with each other.”

The Kramers chose a great start for their new marriage—blessing God by serving others. The apostle Paul encouraged the Christians of Galatia: “Through love serve one another” (Gal. 5:13). Some of them believed that the ceremonial practices of the Old Testament were still binding on the church. So Paul wrote that salvation is by grace through faith. It is by faith we live out our new life in Christ. He reminded them that the law was fulfilled in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself” (v.14).

As followers of Jesus, we’re here to serve Him out of love—to “bless God for blessing us.”
— Anne Cetas

O that my life may useful be
As I serve Jesus faithfully;
And may His love be seen in me—
This is my earnest prayer. —Hess


God blesses us so that we can be a blessing to others.

 

[stephen]

What a lovely story......And recent too. This I am sure is the kind of Christianity which will change the world. We are seeing more of it Amen

Lord help us to express your love to our fellow men/women

 

[beam]

WOW, that has just blessed me, Yes Yes Yes, may we all do more of this in Jesus name. I am so happy for this couple. What an awesome thing to do, Holy Spirit I give you the glory for this because it was You who led and enabled this couple to do and be such a blessing on a day that was rightully theirs to RECEIVE attention, instead they GAVE...just awesome man!

Reminds me of story i read bout a pastor who was in line on an escalator in a subway, it was a very busy time of day and people were jostling for position in the que, a grumpy lady came up from behind him and physically elbowed him out of the way and pushed in front of him. His flesh of course had an immediate reaction to this blatant rudeness! but he checked himself and spoke to the Lord instead, the Lord's reply to him was..'Son that is exactly what I want you and My people to do, give up what was rightfully yours, give up your rightful place in the que!'

Thank you Lord that you never leave us the same.

Love in Christ
beam