John Markum

Who is your “least of these”? (Adam Herald)

This post is from my friend, Adam Herald’s blog “Procrastinating Tomorrow”. Adam and I worked together with a church planter in Florida the summer that I met Tiffany (He had a small part in that…).  Check out his blog here for more great posts by Adam!

This picture rips my heart out like Will and Jaden Smith in The Pursuit of Happiness.
I hate that movie.  Great movie.
I hate it. It rips my heart out.

Jesus said…
“… when you refused to help the least of these… you refused to help me.” – Matthew 25:45

In Matthew 14:14 the Bible says that when Jesus saw the huge crowd… he was moved with compassion.
Compassion leads to action… so Jesus healed their sick.

I met a lady yesterday that inspired me. I didn’t get her name.
But I got her kid’s names… Daniel… Sam… Kevin… and Rehab.
This lady has compassion to her “least of these”.
She adopts kids with special needs.  Kevin had downs syndrome.  Sam was severely autistic.
She adopted them because they had a need… love.

Who is your “least of these”?
How are you moving with compassion towards them?

We can’t procrastinate taking care of “the least of these”.

Stop putting off compassion… live for today.

The phrase no pain, no gain has been a mantra for athletes and fitness junkies for years. And what they understand about physical pain needs to be broadened to a much more general use in all of our lives. Pain hurts. That's the whole problem. No one enjoys it, and if someone does, we rightfully

The Premium of Pain