How was the response to your cards? Were people surprised? Whatever the direct response was, you are bringing hope!
When you read through the gospels and follow the journey of Jesus you notice that he touched people either on the way to somewhere or by just asking them to join him in whatever he was doing. Through that everything he did came natural. He invited people into his life and they joined in. When he was preaching to the 5000 he didn’t plan this big event, people just tagged along when he was sharing and a big event came out of it.
So as an example. It’s a Thursday night and we have nothing planned. So we decide to go out for dinner, but instead of going alone we invite one of our wonderful neighbor friends to come with us. It was very spontaneous and it worked out. We had a wonderful night together talking and sharing a meal together. We wanted to eat out anyway but now we could bring someone along. At the end of the night we both said to each other how much that neighbor became like family to us.
Of course this is not just dinner but pretty much any activity you do. Instead of going by yourself invite your neighbor to join you. And this is not a onetime thing, make it into something that you just do. Also don’t be discouraged if people say no, sometimes our schedule is just busy, but invite them again!
Our challenge for you this week is to invite a neighbor to something you do!
Hey our friend
We hope you are doing great! Sometimes in life you meet neighbors that just become like family. That’s how Jen and I feel with many people that live around us. Its just wonderful!
Our week in San Francisco went well. I (Markus) was sharing at a church in Santa Cruz as well as at a business man meeting. It was an encouraging time. The rest of the week went really well with our Haeusser hangout themed for the celebration of Cinco the Mayo. It was a lot of fun. Those special holidays are just a great opportunity to connect!
Ask God daily this week how much He loves you and when you are filled with His love show it to others?
Have a blessed week
Markus and Jen