People Who Care

Year 6 - Day 230: Today, I am grateful for people who care "a whole awful lot." 

"Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not. " - The Lorax

My cousin Larry... one we adore... posted this image today, and it seemed perfect for this late Saturday post. Things get better when people care. Care enough to listen... to pause and take in the whole picture... and then move when it is time to move. 

It is easy to watch the news and be saddened by the state of the world. It is reflective to say, "I wish I could do something." It is God honoring when we look for the places we can go and begin to make a difference. 

"Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you." - James 1:29

Caring for orphans and widows is an instruction to look for the good we can do and do it. It is amazing how good it feels to be in the middle of a movement or even part of a team packing school kits that will be sent around the world for students who would have no school supplies. There is good that can be done right here and right now. 

Someone far wiser than me once said, "If you aren't a part of the solution, you are part of the problem." Apathy is real. I am blessed to know so many who do their best to be part of the solution. Not just in big, public ways... but in their daily walk with Christ. 

Today, I am grateful for people who care "a whole awful lot."