tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432107718425952082.post2524149654755623492..comments2023-06-28T17:41:10.037+02:00Comments on Off Centre: Day 63Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14752150435633112512noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432107718425952082.post-75501178629430581532009-07-08T07:25:09.696+02:002009-07-08T07:25:09.696+02:00thanks Sparky. i needed thatthanks Sparky. i needed thatharoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07567511999815115906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432107718425952082.post-14240829453375193752009-07-07T15:18:02.841+02:002009-07-07T15:18:02.841+02:00...starts, but not ends. Eventually it has to go o......starts, but not ends. Eventually it has to go over into the "doing." Faith is all about deeds...<br /><br />Cold feeling of guilt running down the spine? I always get them... When a preacher starts talking about the "doing", and I'm being compared with the missionaries and the mother Theresa's of this world, I feel terrible. Guilty. I feel rejected and not good enough.<br /><br />Lately I've come to realize that I may be missing the point... somewhat. The "deeds" are the things you do everyday... not the deeds you go out of your way to go and do. The fact that you fetch your domestic walker so that she doesn't walk in the cold, the friendly smile to the stranger, the sandwich you packed for lunch for the hungry man on the sidewalk, the extra jersey on your backseat for the beggar that has none, chatting with a friend at work that seems lonely today, the flowers for your wife, stopping to help the crying woman with the flat tyre, the two plates of food for friends you know are having a really bad week, encouraging words to the new colleague that the project will be easy and you'll be there to help, etc., etc.<br /><br />Aren't these the deeds that Jesus spoke of? Didn't He do the one "DEED" that's enough to save us anyway? Somewhere, I recall, Jesus said that someone who gives a cup of cold water to another, will not be forgotten...<br /><br />I stopped feeling guilty - I am not a mother Theresa or a Billy Graham..., I am simply me, a doubtful believer.Jaco van Niekerkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05438999119366217740noreply@blogger.com