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OUR DAILY BREAD                       Tuesday, August 23, 1994
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READ:  Romans 12:9-16

                     "WHEN SOMEBODY FORGETS"

            "Do not forget to do good and to share."

                         Hebrews 13:16

The story is told of a young boy living in a poverty-stricken 
section of a big city who found his way into a gospel meeting and 
was converted.  Not long afterward, someone tried to shake his 
faith by asking him several puzzling questions:  "If God really 
loves you, why doesn't someone take better care of you? Why 
doesn't He tell somebody to send you a new pair of shoes?" The boy 
thought for a moment and then said, as the tears filled his eyes, 
"I guess He does tell somebody, but somebody forgets!"

While it's true that the believer's primary obligation is to lead 
people to Christ, we sometimes use that as an excuse to escape our 
responsibility to also "do good and to share" (Heb. 13:16).  We 
need to keep our spiritual balance and not forget to "do good to 
all, especially to those who are of the household of faith" (Gal. 
6:10).  If unbelievers who don't even know the Lord are conscious 
of the needs of other people, how much more should we, who have 
experienced the love of God personally, seek to relieve the 
suffering and lift the burdens of those who are less fortunate.

If God gives you a burden for someone in need, may it never be 
said of you that "somebody forgot!"

     - Richard W. DeHaan


      If you once had a heavy load
      That drove you to despair,
      Then have a heart for those who bend
      Beneath their load of care.

     - Dennis J. DeHaan

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
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The more Christ's love grows in us, the more his love flows
from us.

THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:  1 Chronicles 4-6

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