The Way I see it

Becuase I don't know what to do,
I do nothing at all which may,
in fact,
be worse than trying and failing.

A week ago, I was in Minneapolis, MN for the Desiring God conference which was an absolutely great time. Some of the speakers were Rick Warren, R.C. Sproul, Fracis Chan and John Piper. Yeah, those are some big names in the US Christian world right there. Oddly enough, the thing that seems to be sticking with me the most from the weekend was an incident I observed last Sunday morning. I was walking into the convention center for the last session when I saw a homeless man being escorted out by convention center security. As I walked by them I thought, "Something doesn't seem right about this." A homeless man being escorted out of a CHRISTIAN conference about becoming better Christians and coming to desire a deeper and more loving relationship with God. Take a look at Matthew 25:31 - 46. I think that's pretty clear on what God desires from us ...

Now that thought gave me a weird something-isn't-quite-right-here feeling, but as I was thinking more about it later I was floored. Yeah, something wasn't right there. We're supposed to love and provide for those with less material wealth than us and I was thinking that this shouldn't be happening especially at a Christian conference, but what did I do? Nothing ... I saw it happening, I acknowledged that it wasn't right and yet I did nothing. While I was busy thinking that someone should do something, it never occurred to me that I could be that someone to do something.

Father, give me wisdom and courage in situations where I am uncomfortable and don't know what to do. Help me show even a small portion of the overwhelming love that You've shown me.