Christianity 101

One of those moments that just make my heart melt, the kids were taking part in a catwalk show and one of the small boys handed a rose to a girl in a wheelchair. I tried to hide my teary eyes with trying to yawn but failed miserably. We had spent the week with the kids at a school that took in less privileged kids, abused kids and disabled kids. This had to be one of the best weeks of my life!
It was amazing to see the kids that day having so much fun, it was an opportunity for them to let go of their worries and just enjoy themselves. I had seen them throught the week helping their fellow students in wheelchairs, treating each other as brothers and sisters. They knew each other by name, we fell in love with the kids.
We went there with the motive of helping out the kids in every possible way we could but in the end the kids had more impact on us than we had on them. I learned a few lessons that week and thought it was only appropriate to share them:

Lesson 1: Caring
We live in a world where it is normal being mugged in broad daylight and people's response would be "Learn to take care of your belongings" People no longer look out for each other, we are all enclosed in our own little worlds where as long as we are fine nothing else matters.
The kids at that school took it upon themselves to wheel out their fellow students out of class during break time, lunch time and after classes. This was a perfect example of caring as it means taking time and effort to help out someone in need.

Philippians 2:4
Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.
Galatians 6:2
Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

Lesson 2:Being grateful
When was the last time you said thank you to the shopkeeper, watchman,waitress, anyone who served you?
What blew me away was how at the end of every single day the kids would always thank us for spending the day with them and this is what made me look forward to wake up early and go see them and do it all over again.

1 Timothy 4:4-5  For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it is received with gratitude; for it is sanctified by means of the word of God and prayer
 

I will share with you this two for today. The simple act of just saying thank you to someone may make someone's day and motivate them to serve you better, the simple act of showing that you care for someone maybe the turning point for someone who was just about to commit suicide or someone who was falling into depression.
Maybe its what you have gone through in life that has made you forget how to care and be grateful, maybe you tried to but no one seemed to appreciate it or maybe you have just never thought about it. Whatever the reason, God commands us to look out for our fellow brothers and sisters and to always be grateful, this way we would have made our light shine in a dark world. Go on care and say thank you!