One of the most frustrating experiences in life is having a desire to help people, but not being able to do anything for them.
Right now I am being contacted by tons of caring individuals who want to do something for the precious people of Haiti. I do too. I’d like to get a bunch of supplies, get them to the Gulf, and take a boat there and serve people, but I can’t.
I am forced, like most people, to provide prayer and only financial resources.
What I really want is to FEEL like I have done something to help. A lot of people have this response. It doesn’t matter what we do. We just want to believe we did something to make life better for someone else.
And yet, we know that we cannot fix what is broken in the world. The fact is that only God can heal broken lives and our broken world. God has provided a fix for what is broken in the hearts and minds of people – grace. When He comes again, He will completely fix the world – judgment.
Until then, we must do all we can, but acknowledge that there is only so much we can do.
This feeling that we have to fix things should remind us of several things:
1. We are human beings made in the image of God to love people.
2. Only God can fix what is broken. We are dependent on Him.
3. We can join God in the little we have to offer and trust in His ultimate plans.
It is a wonderful frustrating faith-building feeling. It is wonderful because it reminds us that we are made to love. It is frustrating because we cannot make the difference we want to. It is faith-building because it forces us to acknowledge our dependence on God.
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