Serving Others

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My pastor is preaching a series on serving others. His theology is God knows you are serious about putting Him first if you are serving others. He defines serving others by doing things for people who can’t reciprocate. Dr. Tony Evans said that others’ special needs are designed for divine intercession, it allows God to teach us about Himself.

I have had an amazing walk with God this week sitting in hospital rooms. Sometimes I got to sit quietly, while other times the rooms were filled with conversation and laughter. I have the best family. These people will show up and stay when you are in need. I got to see a compassionate God who cares for us in our weakest moments. We are all heading for that moment. Oh but for grace that will meet us there.

Last night I worked at the Tarrant Area Food Bank with a group of good friends. It was a blessing to be with folks who gave their time unselfishly. We had a good time doing something for someone who could not pay us for the work. God revealed what unconditional love looked like through these people.

That is what I love about God’s word. He gives us examples to live by. We know that if we serve others, we are in His will. If we are selfish, we are not in His will.

I know who I am in Christ. I know my strengths and my limitations. This week I got to be His hands and feet to the point of exhaustion. When I scheduled the Food Bank, I had no idea the other events of this week would take place. I am confident that I am in this season of life for this purpose.  My confidence is from Christ and His power at work in me.

Thank you for your support

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I want to say Thank You for supporting the Queens project to Deidra Hightower. You will help me tell stories of women like Sacagawea. She was kidnapped as a child by another tribe and later married Toussaint Charbonneau, a Quebecois trapper. She traveled thousands of miles from North Dakota to the Pacific Ocean on expeditions with Lewis and Clark.

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I want to say Thank you for supporting the Queens project to Keisha Robinson. You will help me tell stories of women like Sojourner Truth who was born Isabella “Bell” Baumfree. She delivered the speech “Ain’t I a Woman?” at the Ohio women’s Right Convention in 1851.

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I want to say Thank You for supporting the Queens project to Brenda Derrick. She will help me tell stories of women like Charlotte E Ray. She was born in 1850 and was the first African American attorney in the United States. She was the first woman to practice before the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.

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I want to say Thank You for supporting the Queens project to Bridgette Brown help me tell stories of women like Rosa Louise McCauley Parks, known as the “mother of the freedom movement” was a civil rights activist. She was part of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. She was a secretary for the Montgomery Chapter of the NAACP and later received a Presidential Medal of Freedom.

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Good Friday

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For Lent this year instead of giving up something, I added something.

Every day I told the Lord I loved Him. I mean He already knew, but through this process I learned some things.

Here are some of my take aways:

His love is consistent. He tells me everyday He loves me whether I hear it or not.

He trust us with moments

He protects me from things I don’t know. I don’t need to know everything.

He continually reveals Himself to me.

I am learning not to fight when the day doesn’t go the way I schedule it. I remember one morning He woke me very early to spend my time with Him and do my bible study. I ended up spending the rest of the day at DPS renewing my license. Instead of leaving cranky about how slow DPS was, I was in awe of how God ordered it all.

Even though we think we order our days, plan our paths, control our destiny He showed me that He can shut humanity down with some ice and water. While we were trapped in our houses, I watched birds gather pecans like nothing was happening.

My favorite is the adventure that comes with a life dedicated to Him. Some people think their lives will be boring if they follow Jesus. Over the last month and half I have heard the President speak live, had my film accepted into two great film festivals and had the chance to visit a site from my family history.

Life is not always so full and fun. I think of the incident yesterday in Kenya. New stories said four gunman divided the students between Christian and Muslim. They killed the Christians. In my safe little world of Fort Worth, it is easy to say that I identify with Christ. But I wonder what would I say if there was a gun to my head. Whenever I think I am sure that I would stand up for Jesus, I think of His disciples who chose to run on a day like today. Are you confident of what you would do? If not:

Keep allowing God to work your muscle of faith.

Be confident like the three boys in the furnace.

If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to deliver us from it, and he will deliver us from Your Majesty’s hand. But even if he does not, we want you to know, Your Majesty, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up.” Daniel 3: 17-18.

I am assured that when those babies entered heaven yesterday that Jesus was standing at the right hand of God welcoming them home. They had passed the most important test.

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I want to say Thank You for supporting the Queens project to Crystal Browning. You will help me tell stories of women like Dolores Huerta who was a labor leader and civil rights activist. A former girl scout and teacher, Huerta co founded the Agricultural Workers Association which set up voter registration drives. She directed the United Farm Workers national boycott of grapes taking the worker’s plight to the public.

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I want to say Thank You for supporting the Queens project to Jackie Keller Anderson help me tell stories of women like Sarah Breedlove, who was known as Madame CJ Walker. She was one of the first female millionaires whos business was built to grow hair. She said, “I want the great masses of my people to take a greater pride in their personal appearance and to give their hair proper attention.”

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