How can I help?

1,430,895 

 active duty people serving in the military 

 848,000

people in the seven reserve components



Look at those numbers. That's astounding! 

And then, multiply those numbers, let's just say by 3...we'll just take a guesstimate...

6,836,685

that's

SIX MILLION,

EIGHT HUNDRED THIRTY SIX,

SIX HUNDRED EIGHTY FIVE

family members serving our country....serving us...

just like my brother-in-law, my sister, and their three children...

serving us...

HOW CAN I HELP?

There is a family that just moved in behind us. The dad will be leaving for Iraq soon.

HOW CAN I HELP?

Don't assume it is cookies. Don't assume it is babysitting. Don't assume it is fixing a window.

Just ask...

HOW CAN I HELP?

Dear Lord, help me not to assume. Help me not to think that I know what it feels like to be in the shoes of others. Help me just to ask the question, Lord, "How can I help?"  Help me to be YOU...to be there...to be available.

"But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him?"

1 John 3:17

"Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others."

Philippians 2:7