Compassion Weekend

04/28/2009

There is an old hymn that says “and they will know that we are Christians by our love.” In this simple line to a song that may not be sung very much anymore, there is great truth. The world should know that we are Christians by our love. Love is a funny thing. It comes in all shapes and sizes and, many times, in ways we least expect it to. We see love when Jesus weeps over Jerusalem and when he turns over the tables in the temple. I show love when I hold my kids after they fall and when I discipline them. Love is wonderful, it is extravagant, it is too much for us to fully comprehend.

This weekend we are going to show love in many different ways to our community and our world. From cleaning bathrooms at the pregnancy center and running a basketball camp for neighborhood kids, to partnering with Compassion and sponsoring children all over the world. This isn’t a fund raiser or a scalp hunt. This is so that they might know that we are Christians by our love and that God would be glorified.