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Monday, November 2, 2009
The Forgotten
I have been so deeply burdened by a recent realization. The reality that some of the least important people in the eyes of American Society play the most important roles for other people's success. Think about the school janitor without him or her, your child would not be able to get the education that they need due to the lack of sanitization as a result of a janitor's absence. Think about the bus boy at a local restaurant in your city. Without the bus boy, customers wouldn't have a place to eat, so they wouldn't frequent that place anymore. As a result of them not eating at the restaurant,waiters wouldn't have anyone to wait on, cooks wouldn't have anybody to cook for, cashiers wouldn't have anyone to ring up, and the owner would lose a great deal of money. But as a result of the bus boy's labor, a waitress is able to serve, a cook is able to cook, a cashier is able to ring up customers, and a business owner is able to succeed. I honestly believe it is each of our responsibilities as believers to encourage those that are often forgotten. I believe Mother Theresa said it best when she said, "Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat. I pray today you inspire one of the forgotten.
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Amen. Do you realize that shepherds were the forgotten - the ones that the families felt couldn't do anything else? They were definitely forgotten. Think of King David left in the fields to tend his sheep - to protect and provide for the herd and he was the chosen King of Israel. Yet God identified with the lowest of these times.
ReplyDeleteI agree...inspire the forgotten. Love on them. The world changes with love.