For what purpose is there so many people living out their lives on this little blue speck in the immensity of space? What is the worth of just one? These kinds of questions have plagues mankind since almost the beginning, yet with all that we know and with all our modern technology we are no closer to the answers as a species than we were all along. There is another question I would like to propose. Why is there an inherent satisfaction, an enrichment or fulfillment of spirit, when we take the effort to help someone else?
I have a customer that I deliver to twice a week. She is 81, lives alone and suffers straining paranoia. She has less than minimal support from her son and her DHS (Department of Human Services) worker is less than stellar in taking the extra step to help her. She pours her reason for living into her cats. They are the basis for her emotional welfare. The environment is extremely unsanitary. It is very demoralizing for any sick individual to hang on to the need to be independent and hold close that which matters most to you, while knowing at the same time that you are becoming less and less able to care for those things let alone your own well being.
For me it is a harrowing thing to live with. I love to serve others yet justifying the time spent in the care of this woman is becoming more and more difficult to justify to those in the chain of command. As usual in many of my discharge of service I go and do knowing full well the risk to my employment, health and cost to my company.
Each and every time I am faced with the opportunity to serve someone less fortunate I always ask myself what would Jesus the Christ do? Would He turn away or do a half-hearted job in His service to others? Absolutely not! That is the objective of this article today. To whom is our allegiance and to what God do we serve?
What is the worth of one soul? Any soul.........
I am reminded of two scriptural passages from the Bible that illustrate or hint to the worth of every being. They are as follows:
1 Peter 3:18-20
If we are to take the principle of what Jesus Christ would do then we must acknowledge that the Master loves the sinner as well as the disciple, equally. He afforded all the freedom and liberty of eternal progression. Through the Infinite Atonement or sacrifice of our Advocate, the doors have been rent and the way is no longer forever shut for our entrance back into the arms of the Eternal Father in Heaven. If we have proven worthy we will have then fulfilled our design and the plan set forth for us before the world was.
So, if this woman who lives in such a destitute environment is before me no matter how many times as one who is in need - then who am I to deny her the respite of mind that my services can provide? Am I greater than she? Did not the only sinless Man sacrifice for her exaltation as well and equally for my own? Her happiness is paramount every bit as mine through my service to her.
1 Peter 4:6
My God how great thou art! Is this not a key principle of being judged equally? Whether an honest philanthropist or a thief, we shall all be taught key principles of eternity that we may all be individually judged. We will be judged according to our deeds in the flesh, but we shall also be judged according to "God in the spirit" or with that knowledge we are taught whether here or in the hereafter. Only then can the true depth of human intention, joy and even strained regret be manifest. Then shall the healing begin. If we are all to be judged with a common knowledge coupled with our mortal actions,then perhaps we should take extra care in how we treat or neighbor.
Many sects hold that there is no progression beyond the grave. That our mortality is the end of all growth. To a degree I agree. There is no reincarnation and our mortal probation is the only one we've got. Yet learning goes on. As it says above in the sixth verse the gospel was preached to the dead. Oh Father in Heaven there is such solace to be felt in that statement!
Every soul has such a great worth to our God that even the sting of death cannot hinder the willing heart to learn further, and eventually accept principles and precepts unto his own salvation. Learning continues beyond the grave and it is due because of the immense love that God has equally for each and every one of us. The opportunities presented us to serve others are a test and a blessing for us to advance each other toward the throne and arms of the One who truly knows and understands us to the core.
If you have the desire you are called to the service.
If you are an employer you are endowed by that mantle to use the powers of discernment to assess the needs and intentions of a potential employee. If you are so inclined to succor those needs then do so. Your happiness is intertwined with their's.
If you are a neighbor and you see someone's needs flourish before your eyes, will you be as the one wearing a crimson hat too afraid or embarrassed to help? Be a peculiar person and change the world one act of kindness at a time.
Regardless of any fear or threat given us in life our primary duty and responsibility is to serve one another in love and kindness. Trust in that selfless service to truly set you free.
I have a customer that I deliver to twice a week. She is 81, lives alone and suffers straining paranoia. She has less than minimal support from her son and her DHS (Department of Human Services) worker is less than stellar in taking the extra step to help her. She pours her reason for living into her cats. They are the basis for her emotional welfare. The environment is extremely unsanitary. It is very demoralizing for any sick individual to hang on to the need to be independent and hold close that which matters most to you, while knowing at the same time that you are becoming less and less able to care for those things let alone your own well being.
For me it is a harrowing thing to live with. I love to serve others yet justifying the time spent in the care of this woman is becoming more and more difficult to justify to those in the chain of command. As usual in many of my discharge of service I go and do knowing full well the risk to my employment, health and cost to my company.
Each and every time I am faced with the opportunity to serve someone less fortunate I always ask myself what would Jesus the Christ do? Would He turn away or do a half-hearted job in His service to others? Absolutely not! That is the objective of this article today. To whom is our allegiance and to what God do we serve?
What is the worth of one soul? Any soul.........
I am reminded of two scriptural passages from the Bible that illustrate or hint to the worth of every being. They are as follows:
1 Peter 3:18-20
"For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;
Which some of whom were disobedient in the days of Noah, while the long-suffering of God waited, while the ark was preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water."
If we are to take the principle of what Jesus Christ would do then we must acknowledge that the Master loves the sinner as well as the disciple, equally. He afforded all the freedom and liberty of eternal progression. Through the Infinite Atonement or sacrifice of our Advocate, the doors have been rent and the way is no longer forever shut for our entrance back into the arms of the Eternal Father in Heaven. If we have proven worthy we will have then fulfilled our design and the plan set forth for us before the world was.
So, if this woman who lives in such a destitute environment is before me no matter how many times as one who is in need - then who am I to deny her the respite of mind that my services can provide? Am I greater than she? Did not the only sinless Man sacrifice for her exaltation as well and equally for my own? Her happiness is paramount every bit as mine through my service to her.
1 Peter 4:6
"For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit."
My God how great thou art! Is this not a key principle of being judged equally? Whether an honest philanthropist or a thief, we shall all be taught key principles of eternity that we may all be individually judged. We will be judged according to our deeds in the flesh, but we shall also be judged according to "God in the spirit" or with that knowledge we are taught whether here or in the hereafter. Only then can the true depth of human intention, joy and even strained regret be manifest. Then shall the healing begin. If we are all to be judged with a common knowledge coupled with our mortal actions,then perhaps we should take extra care in how we treat or neighbor.
Many sects hold that there is no progression beyond the grave. That our mortality is the end of all growth. To a degree I agree. There is no reincarnation and our mortal probation is the only one we've got. Yet learning goes on. As it says above in the sixth verse the gospel was preached to the dead. Oh Father in Heaven there is such solace to be felt in that statement!
Every soul has such a great worth to our God that even the sting of death cannot hinder the willing heart to learn further, and eventually accept principles and precepts unto his own salvation. Learning continues beyond the grave and it is due because of the immense love that God has equally for each and every one of us. The opportunities presented us to serve others are a test and a blessing for us to advance each other toward the throne and arms of the One who truly knows and understands us to the core.
If you have the desire you are called to the service.
If you are an employer you are endowed by that mantle to use the powers of discernment to assess the needs and intentions of a potential employee. If you are so inclined to succor those needs then do so. Your happiness is intertwined with their's.
If you are a neighbor and you see someone's needs flourish before your eyes, will you be as the one wearing a crimson hat too afraid or embarrassed to help? Be a peculiar person and change the world one act of kindness at a time.
Regardless of any fear or threat given us in life our primary duty and responsibility is to serve one another in love and kindness. Trust in that selfless service to truly set you free.
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