You Are the World

You Are the World

"To the world you may be one person; but to one person you may be the world."   Dr. Seuss
Sometimes we see ourselves as one small insignificant person in the whole world of people.  It is easy to think this way especially when you go into crowds of people and see so many.   But the work that you do every time you do it, affirms the importance of every single person in the world.   

Matt. 9:21, "She said to herself, "If I only touch his cloak, I will be healed."
People who seek peace and healing, desire to be close to or just touched by someone who knows that they are there.   

This past weekend I went to visit the Hope House Staff and kids with disabilities.  I went over to Alex and I noticed that she was awake.  I saw that little hand there and i believe that she is blind but I touched her hand.  Immediately she took my hand and began to turn it over and under, up and down and play with my hand seemingly to say thanks for knowing that I'm here.  I see that you are here too, let's be here together.  So, I let her play with my hand for a while.  I may have been the only person in the world for at the moment.  It was a special moment for me.  I hope her too.

  It's ok to make one person in the world feel special because you may be the world to them.

May God bless you to know His presence, peace and safety as you seek to extend the healing of the Lord to our World.  May there be a fusillade of grace, by way of direction, connecting, compassion that grant you success in your efforts to offer support and hope to patients and their families.  Amen!

Remember to sign up for the Annual Care Giver Retreat today. Care Giver Retreat will be held on May 19th from 9am to 1:30pm at Dunaway Gardens in Newnan, GA

The Incredible You

 

   Today you are you.  That is truer than true. There is no one alive. More youer than You!  Dr. Seuss

     The Celebration of You!

It is important to be part of a community of people but you must remember to be yourself.  There are countless stories of individuals who changed the lives of many simply because they answered the voice within to a task that no one else even saw. 

Harriet Tubman, Florence Nightingale, Albert Einstein, Wolfgang Mozart, Vincent Van Gogh, George Washington Carver.  

     All of these and more are counted as individuals who saw something and sought to see it become real.  You are a person made in the image of God.  The power to love, to grow, to learn, to help and to Be is all inside of you.

The Psalmist calls out in praise to God, “I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.” 

       Walk in the light!

      So thou shalt know

      That fellowship of love

      His Spirit only can bestow,

      Who reigns in light above,

   Walk in the light!

       And thine shall be

       A path, though thorny, bright;

      For God, by grace, shall dwell in thee

      And God Himself is light.

                                                     Moravian Daily prayer text 

How do you affirm you own person-hood in the world?  Remember to get a healthy dose of those things you like to do and you will be well on your way to being the Incredible You!!  
      

UNLESS

Unless

someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better.  It’s not.

                                                                          The Lorax

      The words of the Lorax make good sense when it comes to you making changes for the better.  In the story, the Lorax called for the businessman to be responsible with nature but my challenge is to be responsible with life.  Your life!!   It is quite frequent that most people facing a life challenge will not make the necessary changes UNLESS things become critical.   It really doesn’t have to get critical for you to make changes in the world, it takes passion.   Turning passion into performance can make a real difference in the  world around you.  This reminds me of a great quote I read,

     “The richer, the wiser, the more powerful a man is the greater is the

       obligation upon him to employ his gifts in the lessening of the

       sum of Human misery.”    John Randolph

Just like the Lorax warned the businessman in the story, John Randolph informs us that our control over some type of resources or power obligates us to use that gift to better the world around us. 

As a care giver, you are entrusted with the well-being of another human being, which is a monumental task in our day.  The gift you have been given is a powerful testimony of the grace in our world.  Making good use of that gift calls for your diligence, love and persistence to offer it well to those who need it most. 

May God bless you in caring for another person in support of their life to find worth in our world today.