"Miracle Drug"

This Sunday Christian churches across America will host a “Compassion Sunday”. Many other churches will host this at a later date, but at CROSSPOINT, where I currently serve, we will be hosting one, putting a Biblical spotlight on this much needed issue.
As I personally prepare to share about the ministry of Compassion International, several things have been on my heart and mind.

1) Compassion Definition -
compassion [kəmˈpæʃən]n:
a feeling of distress and pity for the suffering or misfortune of another, often including the desire to alleviate it
[from Old French, from Late Latin compassiō fellow feeling, from compatī to suffer with, from Latin com- with + patī to bear, suffer]

2) "Miracle Drug" lyrics -

“...The songs are in your eyes
I see them when you smile
I’ve had enough of romantic love
I’d give it up, yeah, Id give it up
For a miracle, a miracle drug, a miracle drug

God I need your help tonight -

Beneath the noise, Below the din
I hear a voice Its whispering...
In science and in medicine
I was a stranger, You took me in

The songs are in your eyes
I see them when you smile
I’ve had enough of romantic love
Id give it up, yeah, Id give it up
For a miracle, miracle drug. Miracle, miracle drug”

by U2 2004 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXT8QeOxHFc&feature=related


3) SCRIPTURES to Study: Proverbs 28:27; Isaiah 3:13-26; Jeremiah 5:26-29; Amos 2:6-7/4:1-3/8:3-10; Matthew 25:41; Luke 6:24-26; James 1:27/2:14-26/5:1-6; 1 John 3:11-24

When the people of God study the truth of God’s Word coupled with seeing the need around them in the world, they will respond with the compassion of Christ!
So, to help you know where to begin on your part in the story, check out these amazing compassionate organizations listed below...

WEBSITES to get you started:
www.samaritanspurse.org
www.worldvision.org
www.compassion.com
www.salvationarmyusa.org
www.operationworld.org
www.bloodwatermission.com
www.mochaclub.org
www.one.org/us

And of course, please check out your towns Local food pantries, soup kitchens, Foster care programs, Mentoring children in local schools...

BOOKS:
Operation World by Patrick Johnstone
Jesus Freaks: stories of those who gave their lives for Christ by Dc Talk
City on our Knees by TobyMac
On the Move by Bono
Radical by David Platt

School days, school days. Dear old golden rule days. ...

Well, it has been a little over a month since my 3 older children returned to the Classroom and as much as they "love" their school, the poem below seems to already sum up their honest mindset. Hope it makes you laugh, remember your days in school, and reminds you to make the most of every moment of each day you are given, especially taking time to play and laugh with your kids...

Sick by Shel Silverstein

"I cannot go to school today,"
Said little Peggy Ann McKay.
"I have the measles and the mumps,
A gash, a rash and purple bumps.
My mouth is wet, my throat is dry,
I'm going blind in my right eye.
My tonsils are as big as rocks,
I've counted sixteen chicken pox
And there's one more--that's seventeen,
And don't you think my face looks green?
My leg is cut--my eyes are blue--
It might be instamatic flu.
I cough and sneeze and gasp and choke,
I'm sure that my left leg is broke--
My hip hurts when I move my chin,
My belly button's caving in,
My back is wrenched, my ankle's sprained,
My 'pendix pains each time it rains.
My nose is cold, my toes are numb.
I have a sliver in my thumb.
My neck is stiff, my voice is weak,
I hardly whisper when I speak.
My tongue is filling up my mouth,
I think my hair is falling out.
My elbow's bent, my spine ain't straight,
My temperature is one-o-eight.
My brain is shrunk, I cannot hear,
There is a hole inside my ear.
I have a hangnail, and my heart is--what?
What's that? What's that you say?
You say today is. . .Saturday?
G'bye, I'm going out to play!"