February 2024 Magazine

Live out Love
BY GODLY WOMAN MINISTRIES
KRISTENICOLE
WITH SOME REALLY CRAZY
WINTER WEATHER IN EAST
TENNESSEE, IT WAS DROPPED INTO
MY HEART TO CHECK ON AN ELDERLY
NEIGHBOR NEARBY. WHEN I DID, I
LEARNED THAT NOBODY HAD
CHECKED ON HER SINCE THE
SNOWSTORM AND HER NORMALLY
WEEKLY FOOD DELIVERY HADN’T
BEEN DELIVERED WHICH MEANT IT
WAS TIME FOR ME TO SPRING INTO
ACTION AND HELP HER GET THE
THINGS SHE NEEDED.
SADLY, WE LIVE IN SUCH A SELFISH
CULTURE WHERE EVERYBODY HAS A
MOTIVE OF GAIN, AND ONLY WANTS TO
RETURN THE FAVOR IF IT’S ALSO
BENEFICIAL TO THEMSELVES. THIS IS
NOT THE WAY JESUS LIVED OR
INTENDED FOR US TO LIVE EITHER. IN
FACT, JESUS LIVED QUITE THE OPPOSITE
OF OUR WESTERN CULTURE PRACTICES
TODAY. JESUS SHOWED COMPASSION
ON EVERY HUMAN HE ENCOUNTERED
NO MATTER THE COST.
THE BIBLE SAYS, WHEN JESUS FED THE
CROWD OF 5000, HE SAW THAT THEY
WERE HUNGRY SO HE, “IN
COMPASSION MULTIPLIED THE FOOD
AND FED THEM.” – MATTHEW 15:32-38
IN ANOTHER BIBLICAL ACCOUNT, A
CROWD OF PEOPLE WERE FOLLOWING
JESUS, AND ALTHOUGH HE WAS
HEADING TO GET SOME QUIET TIME,
WHEN HE SAW THAT THE PEOPLE
WERE TRYING TO GET AHOLD OF HIM
WERE SICK HE “IN COMPASSION
REACHED OUT TO HEAL THEM”. –
MATTHEW 14:14
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