Compassion over comfort

I love this quote from Charles Dickens. I was spurred on to write it because of a sermon my husband preached this weekend. It forced me to ask the question whether I love comfort over compassion. And what to do about it. It was deeply inspiring to realize that Christ forsook comfort for compassion and he rallies us to do the same.

I remembered that Christianity, a relationship with Christ, is so much more than what I can get out of it. I don't like that kind of Christianity. It's boring, it's irrelevant, it's wrong. If I live this life trying to figure out how to best get all of the benefits of being a Christian, I'm doing it all wrong. I'm missing out on what's important.

So I asked myself how am I serving, loving or encouraging others?

I truly believe that Tabitha is a small way of doing that. It won't change the world, but it is helping some people escape from a life sold and still others live healthy productive lives because they have water.

There are so many opportunities to choose compassion over comfort and I'm praying God continues to lead me straight to them.