John 15 So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.
16 He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
17 He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep
Matthew 31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?
39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:
43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?
45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
OK this is a call for action. My son, Justin worked long hours yesterday trying to get peoples power working. This is a dangerous job, but a lot of people have dangerous jobs. Think of all the people doing the clean up, that has started over the whole state. And I know there are many people out there that are homeless. But the situation with my son this morning, really hit home with me this. This morning Justin and his crew had to be on site ready to work at 6 am. He is a lineman for the power company. And there was no place to eat, they had restored power to many fast food restaurants, but they were not open, so he is working with out food. I'm sure there are people working clean up that are also working this morning without food. If you see someone working on the power or out there cleaning up all the debris that was left after these devastating tornadoes. Stop what your doing and go take them some water and a loaf of bread and a jar of peanut butter. These are men so maybe several loaves of bread. That way they can at least eat something that will stay with them a little while. I'm as guilty as anyone about not thinking of those people out there trying to get us back to some sort of normal. I know how many good and wonderful people have been hurt by this storm and my heart breaks for them. And our prayers are with them. But let's not forget the ones out there trying to clean up the devastation, and trying to get our power back on. I know this hit me hard because its my child, but everyone that is trying to help is someones child. Thanks for reading this and now maybe I will feel better to have gotten this off my chest. And if you can't get out to carry food to worker or victims of this horrible tragedy, at the very least we need to be praying for them.
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