The King will reply, “Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.”
Matthew 25:40
A couple of weeks ago I posted a shout-out to the Poole Family Foundation for their support of so many charitable initiatives (you can read it here: Leadership in Goodness…). Then a little before that I wrote about the exciting and critically important work being done through the Frankie Lemmon School (Exceptional Children & People too).
Monday I was privileged to be involved in a golf outing involving both – where my friends and I represented the Poole foundation at an event benefitting the Frankie Lemmon School.
Once again the day featured glorious fall weather at a beautiful but extremely difficult golf course. I enjoyed not only an amazing location but the company of so many good people.
Days like this are great reminders of how many decent and generous folk there are in this world, people willing to give selflessly, to work tirelessly and to take the time to listen and learn.
I am also reminded how important it is that we all expose ourselves to ongoing education. Because it is too easy to avoid even thinking about challenges that have an impact on so many, such as children with special needs. Sometimes our ignorance is accidental, but more often than not our disconnect from what is going on around us turns out to be willful.
So today’s post is my invitation to read a little more in Matthew 25 and to ask God to make us more aware of: Hunger. Thirst. Loneliness. The stranger among us. Poverty. Sickness. Justice. People in prison.
“I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me” (Matthew 25:35-36).
And also, if we dare, maybe we can ask God to help us to take the blinders off, to direct our eyes, to look through the lens of compassion and to see the world around us more clearly. – DEREK
