Being a responder is profound in a world that is dull and seared.
We don't mean to be insensitive to people or things around us.
We have just been bombarded!
As women in our marriages,
We must be quick to respond to our men.
They need to feel wanted and important and respected.
Sometimes we can overlook a much needed response to them.
As homemakers we can get so overwhelmed with life;
We can just feel in a slump and not respond as we should!
Keeping things in a organized flow.
Our children can even get slightly overlooked, when
A day can fly by faster than imaginable.
We have so many needs in a world that is lost and desensitized.
"I believe women were created to be responders"
I know that to be a responder will cost you something...
But do we want a faith or a relationship that does not cost us anything?
If you will never put yourself out for another person's well being;
We will be self-centered and not Christ centered.
We had so many people praying for our dear lost grandson in the mountain!
We were just blown away from the outpouring of so many people.
We are all called to be responders!!
It will not look the same for each of us,
But we must make the effort to meet
But we must make the effort to meet
The needs of those who are hungry and thirsty
Those who need someone to show some compassion.
We all have been lost in one way or another!
I am praying to be more aware when the Lord gives me
A glimpse of when I need to respond!
There are well trained professional responders for
Natural disasters and search and rescue.
But we do not have to wait for a crisis or disaster to comply
with the scripture that the Lord gave us!
When we do respond it is as if we are doing it unto Jesus!
Matthew 25:31-46
31 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.33 And he will place the sheep on his right, but the goats on the left. 34 Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, 36 I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.’ 37 Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? 38 And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? 39 And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’ 40 And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers,fn you did it to me.’
41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42 For I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.’ 44 Then they also will answer, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to you?’ 45 Then he will answer them, saying, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.’ 46 And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
Source:
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