What I'm Learning

Here is a post by our intern, Janae, about what she’s learning about faith and action as she invests in NeighborLink. 

James Chapter 3: 14-17

“What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him? Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to him, ‘Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed,’ but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it? In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.”
 

What is faith if it does not move us to help others and to love them? As these verses clearly state, faith is more than just believing in God-it is living out the call to love. We are called to action, not to sit passively by and watch others suffer and struggle. Jesus set the example by loving others and serving. Sometimes giving and loving may be hard, and not exactly what we want to do, but as I have learned from experience, in those time that I am whole heartedly serving are the times I feel the most alive. We are beings created out of love and when we share that love and live with it at the core of our being, that is when we are the most alive. Let us not sit by and wish others well, but do something to help them.

We have a wonderful opportunity to connect with people who have real needs that need met. We can choose to intervene and help fix that roof or replace a broken window and share that love we have inside of us, or we can sit back and wish them well. In the world today we can make a difference, so put those working gloves on and search out a way to help your neighbor in need.