Social Justice & the Gospel

I learned a valuable lesson those long hot days in New Orleans riding with Deacon Quinn and unpacking cans of Vienna Sausage. I learned the value of a bottle of cold water. In Mathew chapter 10 verse 42 Jesus says,

“And whoever gives one of these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple, truly, I say to you, he will by no means lose his reward.”

And as I handed out those bottles of water to people who had lost not only their homes and all of their worldly possessions, but also in too many cases their family and loved ones as well, I learned to serve Jesus is to serve people and to follow him with my life had very little to do with me.