love

Jesus told us to love one another and I don't know about you, but I don't do a very good job of that most days. Sure, I love my friends and my family, and I'm generally nice to people, in a kindergarten kind of way. You know, say please and thank you, share, don't lie or steal, don't call names. But Jesus didn't say "be nice to your friends". He said "love thy neighbour as thyself" and even "love your enemies". Love doesn't mean to just be polite, it means to put the other person above yourself and to do whatever it takes to help. Maybe that help is fixing a flat tire, or maybe it's more, but whatever the need is (and everyone has a need), I think it's our job to take care of it whenever we can. One need, especially in this economy and especially with winter coming, is pretty simple....food.

God has really been working on me lately, showing me that I need to be doing MORE to love others...I just didn't know what that "more" was. So this is a small start: from now on, 100% of profits from the sale of joyful heART photos will be used to benefit the food bank ministry at Solid Rock Baptist Church in Clinton, IN. Every time a family receives help, they also hear the Gospel. This is what Jesus did. Every time he saw a person in need, he fixed the physical problem AND the spiritual problem. They're both important. If we don't help people, how else will they see the love of God?

I'm not saying this in a "look what good thing I'm going to do" kind of way, just in a "please help me do this" way. I have some other ideas too, but I'm starting with this.

If you're interested in purchasing joyful heART prints, click here to check out my etsy shop, or email me at amy@amyfoltz.net. You can also "like" my facebook page. When it gets to 100 likes, I'll put up a BOGO coupon for the shop.