the 4th

I woke up this morning, took a shower. Got ready. Drove to Starbucks. Drank a Grande organic misto. Drove to my office. Read. Got online. In a few minutes will go eat. Spend time with friends. Tonight I will go to church. Here God's word. Pray. Leave. Go watch fireworks. Go home. Go to bed. Wake up and do it all over again.

Across the ocean, a young man my age has been up all night. Hungry. Has not eaten in a while. Has no clean water. Has lost many siblings and family members to starvation. To abuse. To addiction. To death. Has never been to a starbucks. Has never been to a picnic. does not know of church. knows of prayer, but only as a act of crying out for help to a god made of wood or stone. Will possibly die never hearing about the love of Christ.

Think about it. Most of us by noon today will have complained about something. (as we sit at our picnic) coasting through life doing nothing about anything. My challenge today: MAKE A DIFFERENCE--Jude 1:22 And of some have compassion, making a difference: