Since the beginning of this year, our church has been doing a monthly Missions Sunday.  For one day each month we focus on a specific missionary from our church and what that missionary is doing in our world.  I’m not sure how it’s affected other people from our church, but it’s really had an impact on me.  It’s a reminder that each day our missionaries are out there helping people in need.  And it’s a reminder that there are plenty of needs waiting for people who are willing to let God use them.

It doesn’t take much to realize that we live in a world with a lot of needs.  Just watch the news on television and you’ll hear about people who need help.  People are hurting, families are crumbling, and so many people live each day with little hope.  And throughout much of the world groups of people live without enough food, shelter, and clothing each day.

Sad, isn’t it?  And yet what may be even sadder is when people like you and I don’t try to make a difference.  With a little bit of effort we can impact other people’s lives.  As followers of Christ we carry with us a message of hope, peace and love.  We just have to decide that we want to share that message with other people.  Once we’ve decided that we want to do something, finding a need won’t be very difficult.

It could mean reaching out to that neighbour who is in the middle of a crisis.  It might mean offering to help someone you work with as they go through a difficult time.  Or maybe it means sacrificing one restaurant meal each week in order to give someone else the food, shelter and clothing they need.
We live in a world in need.  People out there are waiting for people like you and I to reach out our hand.  And we have the means to help.  We just have to do it.