READ: I PETER 4:10-11
The late Erma Bombeck wrote in an article entitled So Long Volunteers: “I had a dream the other night that every volunteer in this land had set sail for another country. I stood smiling on the pier shouting, ‘Goodbye phone committees, no more playground duty, bake sales, or three hour meetings.’ As the boat got smaller, I reflected, ‘Serves them right, that bunch of yes people. Who needs them?’ But the hospital was quiet as I passed. The children’s wing has no clowns, no laughter. The home for the aged was like a tomb. Food grew cold on trays that would never reach the hungry. The social agencies had closed their doors, unable to help the crippled, the alone, and the abandoned. The schools were strangely quiet with no field trips and no volunteer classroom aides. The flowers on church altars withered and died. Children in nurseries lifted their arms, but there was no one to hold them and to love them.”
God has given you unique gifts. When it comes time to volunteer, be the first one to raise your hand. As you use your gifts to bless someone else’s life you will glorify God, and in the process you will have a very blessed New Year.
The late Erma Bombeck wrote in an article entitled So Long Volunteers: “I had a dream the other night that every volunteer in this land had set sail for another country. I stood smiling on the pier shouting, ‘Goodbye phone committees, no more playground duty, bake sales, or three hour meetings.’ As the boat got smaller, I reflected, ‘Serves them right, that bunch of yes people. Who needs them?’ But the hospital was quiet as I passed. The children’s wing has no clowns, no laughter. The home for the aged was like a tomb. Food grew cold on trays that would never reach the hungry. The social agencies had closed their doors, unable to help the crippled, the alone, and the abandoned. The schools were strangely quiet with no field trips and no volunteer classroom aides. The flowers on church altars withered and died. Children in nurseries lifted their arms, but there was no one to hold them and to love them.”
God has given you unique gifts. When it comes time to volunteer, be the first one to raise your hand. As you use your gifts to bless someone else’s life you will glorify God, and in the process you will have a very blessed New Year.
– Dr. Tim Thompson