GIVE WHAT YOU HAVE

“Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.”

Acts 3:6 KJV

I have had children come to my door and tell me they were hungry and ask me for food.  I didn’t have any money to give them or enough food to make them a meal so I gave them some bread and lunch meat.  I’m like the pastor who emailed me and wrote “There’s more month than there is money”.

No, we may not have money to give them but we can give them what we have.  There are many children who are not only hungry physically, they are also hungry emotionally.  Some children run and hide when they hear their parents yelling at them and also yelling at their spouses.  How heartbreaking this is!

Years ago, we had a mission’s conference at my church. Home missionaries and foreign missionaries showed slides of their work.  What brought tears to my eyes was the fact that not only did the children in the foreign countries look hungry and undernourished so did the children here in America.

How sad and heartbreaking it is that our precious children are going hungry for food, love and affection.  One day we will stand before a Holy God and give an account of the way we treated children.  Will we be able to look Him in the eye or will we have to hang our head in shame?  God help us to love our children.

We may not have money to give to people who are hungry for food but we can give them the love of Jesus.  He loves them so much He died on the cross for their sins.  Are we willing to give what we have to those who need to know that they are loved?

Joanne Lowe

February 3, 2016