{"id":10467,"date":"2019-07-06T05:23:36","date_gmt":"2019-07-06T10:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=10467"},"modified":"2019-07-06T05:26:34","modified_gmt":"2019-07-06T10:26:34","slug":"somebody-else-will","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=10467","title":{"rendered":"Somebody Else Will"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A dear friend of mine is having quite the year. She has faced personal health issues and as the director of an active, vibrant ministry \u2013 was faced with leading it in a major event, and was tremendously successful at it, I might add. She has two children getting married this year (one this weekend), and has a full-time job — not to mention all the other hands-on and necessary things she does for God and her family. She has been loaded up, to say the least. Early on in the year, I campaigned the troops to get behind her in support. My personal attempts were meager. In the back of my mind, I thought \u201csomeone else\u201d will help her because I’m loaded up, too! In fact, I heard of a couple of gals who were helping her. That made me feel better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fast forward a couple of months when I saw my friend at church and asked. \u201cHow are you doing? How are the wedding plans? It won\u2019t be long before it\u2019s all behind you.\u201d My famous last meager and inadequate words of solace. That night, Deacon Alex Barbieri spoke about \u201cSomebody Else\u201d. He explained: \u201cJesus was very hands-on with His disciples \u2013 teaching them about feeding a crowd with just a few loaves and fishes. The disciples seemed to always have self-doubt and were always asking the question: \u201cWhat about us?\u201d Jesus just kept influencing them by saying \u201cYou are up for the challenge. You are bold and courageous. Jesus takes our \u201cmeasly\u201d remnants to meet us wherever we are and whatever situation we are in. Don\u2019t wait for Plan B. Use what you\u2019ve got right now to help someone. It\u2019s time you make a personal commitment. The DNA of Christians is called “service”. Jesus said, \u201dIf you follow Me, the bar is higher. Jesus was saying \u201cInstead of SOMEONE ELSE doing it \u2013 YOU do it. There is someone who died and the family needs us. There are homeless, immigrants, prisoners and others who need us, but we keep thinking: \u201cSomeone else will take care of them!\u201d Jesus is saying: \u201cJUST DO IT!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I couldn\u2019t get that message off my mind and my heart. I texted my friend: \u201cI\u2019ve got a free day tomorrow! Can I come over and help you?\u201d Her lightning fast reply was my assurance that I was hearing right. She invited me to come over and help her iron tablecloths for the wedding. Rather, than that, I picked them up and at my home I took care of the job so she had the time to do something else on her busy to-do list. It took me a couple of days for those thirty-one 144\u201d tablecloths to iron and hang \u2013 which included prayers for the wedding and the family. That was eight hours of blessing on both our parts. Tablecloths. A cup of cold water. In His name. Blessed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This time it wasn\u2019t \u201csomebody else\u201d. It was me. I\u2019m so thankful I said, \u201cPick me!\u201d Lord, help me to always have the time to sense your nudges, hear your call, see the needs of others and respond as your hands and feet. I want to be a \u201cJUST DO IT\u201d kind-of-girl for you and others, because You are a “JUST DID IT” Lord for me! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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