REALL Friends,
As I reflect on this last month and all of the preparation that went into our Meal Pack. There are a lot of moving parts that require time, patience and teamwork. I am extremely humbled and grateful for each and every person who helped make this possible. I've been trying to reconcile it all in my head. Sometimes I can't make sense of the things of this world. Poverty, food insecurity, homelessness being just a few. I know we're not saving the world, however when we all work together, we make a difference in the lives of those in need...We create a community of Christ like people who truly live out His commission for our lives. I thought I'd share something that is perfectly written.
Psalm 146 Put Not Your Trust in Princes
"Praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord, O my soul!
I will praise the Lord as long as I live;
I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.
Put not your trust in princes,
in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation.
When this breath departs, he returns to the earth;
on that very day his plans perish.
Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob,
whose hope is in the Lord his God,
who made heaven and earth,
the sea, and all that is in them,
who keeps faith forever;
who executes justice for the oppressed,
who gives food to the hungry.
The Lord sets the prisoners free;
the Lord opens the eyes of the blind.
The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down;
the Lord loves the righteous.
The Lord watches over the sojourners;
he upholds the widow and the fatherless,
but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.
The Lord will reign forever,
your God, O Zion, to all generations.
Praise the Lord!"
Abundant Blessings,
Jen Pattinson
"And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work." 2 Corinthians 9:8