Dan, Ace, Me and Arun @Guapo’s in Bethesda, Maryland
Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
Galatians 6:2
Day 45: Carry Each Other
Every few days I wish I could talk with my friend Kishore. He passed away a few months ago. His friendship was profound. He had this kind of impact on many others. In fact, his brother, two of his best friends and I met together last night on his birthday to remember him and encourage one another.
When we are hurting it is easy to want to hide. When we are discouraged we often want to retreat away from everyone and “lick our wounds.” But we need each other. And often when sharing what we are going through with someone else we find that they may see things we can’t see because they may have gone through similar experiences. And after sharing we often feel our burden is lighter.
Today, I will seek ways of lightening others loads and allowing others to lighten mine.
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As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.
Proverbs 27:17
Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
Galatians 6:2
My stepfather lost his first wife to cancer. So whenever he met someone dealing with cancer he would tell them of the benefit of Guinea Hen Weed. A popular natural rememy used in Jamaica more people are becoming aware of it’s helpfulness on many fronts but especially when dealing with cancer.
He could have been bitter that he lost his wife. But instead he chose to fight what had taken someone so dear to him.
Imagine how much better our world can become when we share are discoveries with one another. If you figured out how to lose weight why not share what has worked for you? If you have survived divorce what not share what practices have helped you mend. If you have recovered from disease or loss of a loved one, why not share what has helped you make it through.
In the bible we find that God is happy when we show love to each other. It’s a sign that we are like Him.
Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
I John 4:7
Yesterday I posted a picture on Facebook of me suffering with allergies. One of my high school teachers posted two remedies that have worked for him. I’m going to try them today. That’s love. That’s being like God. Let’s love one another and help each other out.
Today I will find one way to show someone I love them by being helpful.
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My wife and I have been sharing our musical gifts in similar ways for almost as long as we can remember. We have been musical evangelists (This summer I am the musical guest at Cheasapeake Conference of Seventh-day Adventists Campmeeting, June 14-18, 2016 and Monique will be the musical evangelist at The Allegheny East Campmeeting, June 23-July 3, 2016) far and wide and are happy to have been used by God for his glory.
But we’ve both had dreams of taking our careers to another level.
Because we both have a heart for service we have often made the decision to go the road less traveled and helped out smaller churches (We are currently serving at a small church in Denton, Maryland helping with music, the youth, small groups, and fitness). However, they aren’t able to pay for all that they need. But we choose to help anyway.
But now we feel it’s time to be able to share to a broader audience.
So we’ve been blogging and thanks to a very generous donor we’ve started a Youtube channel where we reveal how our musical family tries to put faith, fitness and fun together without going crazy. The response to both the blog and the Youtube channel have been overwhelmingly positive.
In addition I was able to premiere a musical a few months ago based upon my experiences as a missionary in Korea. My mentor in theater, Glenn Alan, told me that was really more of a table reading and that as we are able to gather some more resources we would be able to fully stage and video tape it to bring my story to more people.
One more ministry that we’ve started is called “Prayer and Song.” We open our home on Monday evenings to invite any who are interested to come sing some songs of praise, share some testimonies and have a season of prayer. Most weeks Monique will cook for the folks too so it’s become a real intimate and friendly fellowship. We’ve received so many comments about how this ministry has been a blessing…one lady shared how she had been missing from church for 2 months and no one even called to check on her. The small group setting is one we believe in strongly.
We really could use your help. Over the past 14 years the number of people who have asked Monique when she was going to record another CD are too numerous to count. We simply are not able to afford it with all the ministry projects we are currently volunteering to do. Would you consider being a partner with our ministry?
Our next big projects are a CD for Monique and a Movie and full production of the musical, Journey To Worship. Any help you can give will be greatly appreciated! Don’t forget to pray for us. We are only able to do what we’ve done so far because of your prayers and support. Below you’ll find a button to donate. You can give a monthly contribution or a one time gift. Every bit helps.
