A Hearing Heart and a Helping Hand
All our pastors are out of the office for most of this week, so below is a post from a few summers ago, but which is still pertinent to today!
King Solomon is famously known as the wisest man who ever lived. Wiser even than Ethan, Heman, Calcol and Darda, (1 Kings 4:31) the ancient equivalent of Da Vinci, Einstein, Newton and Hawking.
But his genius was not a one-time download from the divine database but a live, ongoing connection to God. He asked for and received a ‘hearing heart;’ the ability to discern truth and a ready will to obey it.
This kind of brilliance could never lock itself away in an ivory tower spending every day pondering life’s mysteries. God grants wisdom so that it may benefit others. A heart that truly hears God will inevitably offer their hands to serve him.
- Breaking into the hum drum of the day to hug those kids and say the words, “I love you.”
- Stopping in the midst of the pressing schedule to chat with your older neighbor.
- Getting a ‘round to it’ and writing a card to that person God brought to mind as you mowed the lawn.
- Spending a week to shepherd a team of first graders through their stations at VBS.
- Taking an evening to work through the ballot with a hearing heart and voting accordingly. [August 6, 2019 primary ballots are being mailed soon.]
- Opening your Bible and stilling your soul so you can hear God more clearly. Rinse and repeat.
Pastor Toby
Helping Hands is a new service project ministry of Evergreen Bible Church. Our goal as Christians loving and serving one another is to help and serve EBC members’ practical and pressing needs.
This is a pretty informal ministry. As needs arise, we will reach out to see if you’re available to help meet that specific need. If you’re not, that is completely okay. We will continue down the list until we find someone(s) available at that time to help.
It would be helpful to know the types of things you’re able/willing to help with. For example, maybe you’re willing to bless someone by cleaning their house. Maybe you’re a good gardener. Maybe you’ve done a lot of house painting. If you are willing to help with this ministry, please reply to this email to let us know.
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