Charity and the Cross
The Cross and our Faith...I am pondering today the Centurian Soldier who was at the Cross when Christ Died. When he saw Jesus die he said, "Truly this man was the Son of God". I ponder our society today as this Roman was brought up in no religion or especially ones we know today but was essentially a pagan. Or he may have believed in Roman Gods. There was something about the Death of Christ on that Cross that made this man reflect in his own heart and confess that Jesus was the Son of God. Our nation needs this today. Our communities need this today. A recognition of Christ and a newness of our Faith. The Centurion Soldier was moved to believe and make his declaration. Are we moved today to believe? In the heart of the homeless community the cross of Christ is being presented to people that they can believe. This is why we must keep our Christian Faith at the Center and front of our charities in the community. You cannot sell out for money or opportunities that may present themselves from Federally tagged grants. If a homeless person cannot know Christ in the midst of thier poverty, hardship and homelessness then what kind of Hope are we giving them? Our homeless shelter not only looks at helping them find a place to live in our community but we offer them the greatest hope of all and that is eternally to be with Christ. This is the kind of charity provider our community must have and keep. Charity without Christ is simply socail services. Socail Services are important but I have never seen our Priest or Pastors sharing the greatest social services of all in any of our state or federal buildings. Our Charity offers both. Stand with me as we keep our Faith in our community and our Christ centered Charity in our Community. This is what is most important. You can build buildings, provide social services but without Christ at the Center and His heart being revealed to the people we are nothing....perhaps it is as Paul said to the Corinthians..."If I give all I possess to the Poor yet have not Love, I am nothing"....Or perhaps if we give all to the poor and we have not our Lord Jesus the greatest example and demonstration of Love...we have nothing. Keeping Christ in our Charities is the most important thing of all....For the Greatest of these is Love and my friends...God is Love.
Brian
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