do you care enough to get involved?...

if you help those who are hurting you also are showing mercy.

proverbs 3.27 (ms), never walk away from someone who deserves help; your hand is GOD's hand for that person.

mercy is practical assistance. there are people all around you who are hurting. when you feel sorry for those people, that's not being like CHRIST. but when you do something about it, that's being like CHRIST.

1 john 3.17-18 (lb), if someone who is supposed to be a CHRISTian has enough money to live well and sees a brother in need and won't help him, how can GOD's love be within him?…let's stop just saying we love people, let us really show it by our actions.

don't just say we love people, show it! do something real. let's really help people.

john wesley's motto: "do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as you ever can." he was a man who made one of the greatest impacts on the world. he said when you see someone hurting, a merciful person does something about it.

somebody asked flip wilson one time, "what's your religion?" he answered, "i'm a JEHOVAH's bystander." he didn't want to get involved. i know a lot of JEHOVAH's bystanders.

remember the story that JESUS told of the good samaritan – the man who was mugged, thrown over to the side of the road? two guys walked by – "i can't get involved. sorry about what happened, but i can't get involved!" the third guy came, took action, took him to the holiday inn, left his american express gold card to take care of him and said, "i'll pay for it all." that's mercy.

JESUS is saying, happy are those who care enough to get involved.

just a thought from the front porch…