When the Church bends down to lift up a fallen sister or brother, it is then that she stands so tall.
The people of the Church do not exist for themselves. This is not a profit making corporation that tries to enhance your financial well-being. We have been established as a community of service and care for our fellow human being.
When our Christian faith is actually lived there is a wonderful dynamic that happens. The closer one draws toward God, the closer you draw towards your fellow human being.W e cannot plan that to happen but I am sure that this is the power of God’s grace moving within us.
Look at the Christians who take time to visit and care for the elderly with their different degrees of dementia. They take time to just be present, to assure them of the care of another human being. There may be no words spoken but the human care that is given is precious.
Look at the Christians who get organized to provide meals and human friendship to the homeless and those struggling with mental illness.
There are so many examples we could examine but it is in these moments of bending down to help another that we stand so tall.
I find this image encouraging and gives me strength in my Christian life.
