a drop in the ocean . . .

you know we do what we can, but sometimes it seems it's a drop in the ocean.

there is SO much need out there. so many people living either on the edge or being sucked off the edge.

and. it's. everywhere.

neighbors that are our age or better, getting vehicles repossessed because of carrying a mortgage and the other party falling through, the renters being evicted from their houses because the landlord defaulted on the mortgage, the string of lost jobs due to the economy. the money being spent to supposedly stem the flow, only to find that it doesn't benefit a fraction of the people in need.

in need.

the need is everywhere.

young couples trying to do things the "right way," pay their bills, work their jobs, plug away. it's a constant struggle.

and that is here in one of the richest countries on earth. it struck me when our german missionary was in awe that this country could be so clean, so abundant in it's resources and our neighbors to the south be such a striking contrast. "how can that be possible?" he asked.

it's scary, and it's time to wake up, america. forget the government, forget the conversation at the water cooler, forget those afraid of losing their accumulation of toys, vehicles. . .stuff. there is a higher power at work here. "From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked." don't trust me on this, look it up. i'll give you the book, chapter and verse. Luke 12:48 it can be found in the best selling book on the planet. The Bible. God's instruction book.

it truly doesn't get any clearer than that.

whatever you are currently doing for your family, community, neighbors, double it. it will come back to you multiplied. i guarantee it.