There is no "winner"

    This has been on my heart the past few days.  There are no winners of the "big" prize in God's eyes.  No heavenly scale tipping one way or the other in favor of who does the most good works.  I want to be careful that nobody reads my exuberant passion for orphan care, adoption, missions, reaching out of our comfort zone and thinks that I'm belittling what others do.  Ephesians 2:8-10 says  For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith-and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God-not by works, so that no one can boast.  For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.  You see, we are all in need of God's grace.  Adopting a zillion special needs children will never earn a better position in God's eyes.  The key is being faithful in the areas where God has called you to serve--and let me be clear here--everyone who claims Christ as Lord IS called to serve someone and somewhere!  Whether it is teaching 8yr old kids in Bible Study every week for 20 years, serving lunch with a smile at the local homeless shelter, mentoring and encouraging young mothers, volunteering at a crisis pregnancy center, fostering babies who've experienced neglect, teaching public high school kids with a loving attitude so they know someone cares, wiping spit off an 80yr old man afflicted with Alzheimers, giving sacrificially above your tithe so that someone can go serve orphans in Uganda, etc....  You get the picture.  Do whatever God calls you to do, faithfully and with love.  1 Corinthians 13:3 says If I give all I possess to the poor... but have not love, I gain nothing.     Great actions without great love equal great waste!!!!!!!!!!!!!

     As you regular followers know, my 7yr old has special challenges.  He'll be 8 in 2 months.  He can't tie his shoe, sing a song, or read independently...BUT, he serves up some good love.  God has gifted him with a love of his family-which he dishes out lavishly, love of worship with passion and abandonement.  He may never get a doctorate from Seminary and pastor a large church, but he can serve Jesus with his whole heart.  And that my friends, is what loving Christ is all about :)
Blessings,
Libby