This morning myself and several others participated in a community outreach event called Care & Clean. The purpose behind this outreach was to join together as the church to help the city of Chillicothe with a few projects it couldn't afford to complete on its own. For example, painting benches throughout the downtown area and in the parks, picking up debris and trash in the alleyways, and painting over graffiti throughout the city.
In the three short hours that our small group spent in the city, I realized a couple of things. First, small things done with great love really can change the world. Ok, we might not have changed the world, but we changed our small part of the world. Our group cleaned the alleys, removed debris from University Drive, and painted over some graffiti on a family's garage. Our efforts made an impact, and the people we came into contact with today noticed.
Second, it's easier to "talk the talk" than "walk the walk." For myself, it was hard to get out of bed this morning. I've been battling health issues and really didn't feel like getting up this morning. Despite my selfish desires to stay in bed, I got out of bed and went to work. You're probably thinking to yourself, "you love doing this kinda stuff....I'm sure it wasn't that hard for you." But really it was. I waited til the very last possible minute to get out of bed to go. In the end, however, I'm SO glad that my selfish nature didn't win the battle because it was so much fun working together to clean the city!
Finally, our job as the church isn't finished in this community. There's a lot of work yet to do in Chillicothe, physically and otherwise. My hope that this summer the church of Chillicothe will rise up and work together to make a change in our city!
What small things are you doing with great love to change your world?
In the three short hours that our small group spent in the city, I realized a couple of things. First, small things done with great love really can change the world. Ok, we might not have changed the world, but we changed our small part of the world. Our group cleaned the alleys, removed debris from University Drive, and painted over some graffiti on a family's garage. Our efforts made an impact, and the people we came into contact with today noticed.
Second, it's easier to "talk the talk" than "walk the walk." For myself, it was hard to get out of bed this morning. I've been battling health issues and really didn't feel like getting up this morning. Despite my selfish desires to stay in bed, I got out of bed and went to work. You're probably thinking to yourself, "you love doing this kinda stuff....I'm sure it wasn't that hard for you." But really it was. I waited til the very last possible minute to get out of bed to go. In the end, however, I'm SO glad that my selfish nature didn't win the battle because it was so much fun working together to clean the city!
Finally, our job as the church isn't finished in this community. There's a lot of work yet to do in Chillicothe, physically and otherwise. My hope that this summer the church of Chillicothe will rise up and work together to make a change in our city!
What small things are you doing with great love to change your world?
