Tonight I had the opportunity not only to listen to some extremely talented musicians but also to help the Invisible Children club on my college campus with a small concert. Invisible Children is a club that I love to support, and I have been to several of their events over the last year and a half. I may have only been able to contribute in a small way tonight in helping them set up for the concert, but I was glad to do what I could because I really appreciate the what the club tries to do in raising awareness about the war in Uganda and raising money to help those people.
I tend to get caught up in myself and forget about those around world who have many needs. Invisible Children reminds me not to forget about those whom Jesus called “the least of these brothers of mine” in Matthew 25. These are the people who tend to be forgotten but have real needs like hunger and sickness, or in the case of Uganda, the terrors of war. It’s easy to ignore their needs because these people live so far away and their situation seems so distant. Jesus, however, tells us that when we help those in need, the ones who others forget about, we are doing it for Him. It may not seem as if the situation in Uganda is our problem, but when we do not help those in need, it is as if we are refusing to help Jesus Himself. We are to help even the stranger who has no relation to ourselves. Tonight’s event reminded me of these verses and challenged me not to forget those in need.
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