Benefits Both Ways
Theme of the Week: Spend Yourself
Sunday, January 20, 2008
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Who Said It…Kevin Blue
Kevin Blue has spent his adult life doing ministry in South Central Los Angeles. Besides being a leader in the multi-ethnic Church of the Redeemer, he leads short- and long-term training in urban ministry. He's director of internships with Servant Partners, an organization that sends holistic church planting teams to cities around the world. He also directs the L.A. Urban Project with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. What He Said …Benefits Both Ways
One summer I took six weeks to help a dozen third- and fourth-graders in space loaned to us by a public school. Each was far behind in school. Each came from a family struggling to make it. The most needy two came from a local boys' home. Throughout the summer I helped them learn to read, spell, do math, and write. We played on the playground together. I visited their homes and met their families. Clearly these kids needed the love and presence of God through our time together.
But they weren't the only ones to benefit that summer. God changed my life. Though a middle class, well-educated outsider, I felt at home. I learned about the ways families struggle and how the educational system works. My vision for God's work and sense of His presence became sharper. I found my voice and leadership to a degree previously unsuspected. My awareness of God's love stretched; I saw each person on the street—each child, family, beggar—as someone for whom the Lord gave His life.
Adapted from Practical Justice (InterVarsity, 2006) by permission.
Copyright © 2008 by the author or Christianity Today International/Men of Integrity magazine.Click here for reprint information on Men of Integrity. 1 of 1
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You said, Lord, that as we serve those in need we encounter you. Allow me to experience your presence as I represent you.
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