The recent bad weather and heavy rains have brought about huge consequences for many of our residents living in the Grahamstown East side of town. With inadequate shelter, many people have been flooded and some had to be evacuated from their homes, forced to take shelter in community halls.
The recent bad weather and heavy rains have brought about huge consequences for many of our residents living in the Grahamstown East side of town. With inadequate shelter, many people have been flooded and some had to be evacuated from their homes, forced to take shelter in community halls.
On Saturday afternoon we were alerted to their plight and a few of the members of our church made soup and delivered it to one of the co-coordinators of the relief aid. Although it was only a small contribution, the next day, members of the church gave old clothes and we were able to make a financial contribution to assist with food and other needs.
This got me thinking about the role of being of service to our community. We tend to complain with a loaf of bread under our arms – yet there are so many people who are worse off than us. If one turns to Scripture, Jesus calls us to be servants. He himself said, “For even the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.” (Mark 10: 45)
Living the life of a servant is really the essence of what it means to be a human being, whether one is a follower of Christ or not. All great human beings throughout the history of the planet are those people who have served the needs of others. They discovered the gem for living – that it is in giving that we receive, that it is in dying to self that we find ourselves.
And so it is that the words that Jesus gives to us are the best advice that anyone could ever give: Whoever would be great must be a servant of all.” (Mark 10: 43 -44).
So, in your busy life this week, take a moment and think of something you can do to serve someone else. It will do you good.
