Rescue

This post I feel is highly personal, and I know that many will not agree. However, in my view it is one of the only ways that I (I personally feel this, I do not expect everyone to agree) can help others in the world. This past semester I came across a man named Jimmy Doyle's blog. He usually speaks at the church camp I work at, and I have found him to be a very interesting man.

I have struggled very much with what I personally can do to help others, and I came across a post of his that has impacted me very much. His post was entitled "helpless." In a nutshell, his post was about how he feels so helpless in making the lives of others better. Sometimes we can only wish that we had a community that was dedicated and passionate (and had the resources) to give people the boost out of their current situations (whatever that may be). However, there are so many problems in the world, and one human cannot solve them all. Here is where many people will probably disagree with me, but I found Jimmy's words to be very eye opening for me. Jimmy says he cannot make the life of anyone better. This statement confused me, I immediately thought to myself that of course we can make the lives of others better, people do kind things all the time. It wasn't until I read further that I understood, and agreed. Jimmy says the only thing he can offer people to actually make their lives better is Jesus. Jimmy says, "Jesus is the helper. He is the healer. To expect more of myself is pride. To expect less of Him is blasphemous. That is the simple burden of the Christian...to carry Christ to others. Vessels of the one who can help."

It seems so simple. To simply love others, and by doing so we are showing them how Christ loves. I would carry it even farther to say that by loving others and sharing the good news (because that is my only hope for salvation) people can have true hope and have real rescue from whatever their situation may be. The women of the slave trade don't know real love, they only know the despair this world has brought them. In the words of Jimmy, all I can truly do is be a "vessel of the one who can help."