I’ve been wondering how to help others during this season of hurt.
Many people, good folks who’ve worked hard most of their lives, are finding themselves in a predicament: they simply can’t pay their bills. After being a part of a house church community for the last nine years, we have found we have extra money that tends to ”build” up instead of going towards a “building.” So, we’ve been looking for opportunities of helping folks in need, who could be blessed by a little extra money here and there.
Long ago, the Acts church would come together, gather their resources, and divide them up so none of them were in need. What a powerful way of living in community and living the love out for others to see! For the most part, though, our family has done this alone with our own mason jar of money. I began wondering what kind of impact we could have as a faith community, pooling our resources and filling needs, while still pondering how this post would allow us to stand together, instead of apart, and meet one another’s needs.
So, last week, we became a new generation of the Acts church. We brought what we had to give, dumped it into a brown paper bag, and started asking who had needs. The blessing among those of us who gathered was that not one of us had financial needs that night. So, we expanded our family to other brothers and sisters in need, those nearby and those as far as Pakistan.
