I have been thinking a lot lately about how much time Jesus spent with poor people. It's crazy when you think that the Son of God could have become a man in any segment of society. He could have come as part of the ruling class, as heir to throne. He could have come as a movie star or an athlete or rock star. But he didn't he came in a small village, in the middle of an occupied country to a family without a place to stay. I'm just saying I don't think that was an accident. When you add that to the fact that he spent his time with lower class and no class people, and then fact that when he did bump into the social elites he mostly insulted them...well it makes me think.
Lately it is making me think I want to find ways to give, help, to serve. I am thinking though that I may be a little niaeve or grandiose; because what I really want is to be part of something big. Check out this video about a company called tom's shoes. This is just a guy who was going to a church in california.
I like the vision of simply making people's lives a little better, without any strings attached.
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