Room for One More

No one wants to feel left out. Everyone wants to be included in something now and then. It feels good to fit in. It feels even better to reach out to someone who may need help getting back up on their feet because you know they cannot repay you. I think it is a bigger honor to reach out to someone who could really need the help and support than to reach out to someone who always gets invited to go places with their friends. A kid does not like to be excluded from the adults' table at Thanksgiving. The shy person in your classroom does not want his feelings hurt when you invite everybody in the class to the party except him. It is important for us to make efforts to see that people around us feel loved because that is the Christ-like thing to do. Sometimes, it is a simple invite to the house for dinner. Other times, it is a bit harder, and one must step outside of his/her comfort zone. Most of our good actions go unnoticed by other people. Our actions are most likely not going to be turned into a movie like the Tuohys and Michael Oher in "The Blind Side." However, God sees everything we do, and we will be rewarded in heaven for our silent actions on Earth. It brings honor to God when we make time to help someone else. God has room for everybody at His table. It is important that we always make room for one more at ours.