Learning and Sharing
At a church barbecue (with yummy food) a child,
not accustomed to being there, asked whether they have to pay.
‘It is a gift for you’ was the reply.
At an after-school Kid’s Club an eager boy reached out for yet another (ordinary, boring) biscuit.
A leader slapped his hand and snapped that he’d had enough (in the days before safe practices).
With every look and act we are (good or bad) witnesses to God’s generous love.
If we get the opportunity to expound that theologically, so much the better.
But all of us are witnesses and we all teach what God means to us, whether generous or punishing.
You then, my child, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus;
2 and what you have heard from me through many witnesses
entrust to faithful people who will be able to teach others as well.
2 Timothy 2: 1-2
In Uganda grass-thatched houses present multiple problems – destruction by fire,
loss of possessions, limited opportunity for trade.
Mothers Union members of a village grouped together and in fellowship
pooled money and rotated it to benefit one family at a time.
Three iron-roofed houses have been built,
gardening shared with fellowship has boosted skills and food yield.
Thanks be to God.