Closer to God

something i want to share that i have learned through this whole ordeal--whenever you want to feel close to God, when you may be wondering 'are you really out there' do this: serve. help someone do something, volunteer to clean someone's house for them (don't say "gee i don't even have time to clean mine") , visit a nursing home, visit a prison, take food to a homeless family, pay for a total strangers meal, do something, anything to make someone's day. sacrifice yourself, your time, your money. don't do it for you, do it for the Lord and your neighbor. honestly, don't tell me, but be honest with yourself, when was the last time you did something for someone in need? when Christ wanted to show love, he did something that required work as service to another person. if you are down tonight, depressed, blue, bored, drifting in uncertainty of why you are even alive, be thankful you have these free minutes, and instead of continuing to waste time, get in your car, drive to McDonalds and look for a single mom getting dinner for her kids and pay for it. go to Burlington coat factory or Wal-Mart and buy a couple of cheap coats, drive downtown Indy to the corner of south and Delaware and give them to the homeless. you, yes you, are the light of the world, yet the majority of us sit in our climate controlled homes, bellies full, complaining over what we don't have or how meaningless our lives seem. not tonight, get up, get up, and do something for someone, pray that God leads you to who and where. please do this for me since this is my heart tonight but i cannot do it. i promise you in that act, you will feel God.. thanks for reading this...