Agape..

WRCC Food Pantry, this ministry continues to open my eyes every day. In high school I used to serve every Thursday but since college started it has been harder to make it every week. I have been trying to go a lot more lately and every time it is so rewarding. I love greeting all these lovely people with a smile on my face. Even though they are struggling and have to task for help, they are happy and thankful. The past two times I have went, I decided to pick one person each time and spend the whole week praying for them. The first person who stuck out to me was an older lady who has such a selfless love for her family. As we walked through the aisles, she continued to tell me about her life. She gets up a five every morning and spends it doing the laundry, the dishes and eventually she gets herself ready before she gets the kids up. She has one daughter living with her and two grandbabies, one in diapers. She tells me how she is a bus driver and after her long day’s work dealing with kids she comes home to make dinner for three, two of them not even hers. She continued to tell me how she cannot wait till her daughter gets her life together because she feels too old to be a mom again. I look into this woman’s eyes and saw how exhausted she looked. She took on a challenge when she didn’t have to. Her strength and love to take care of her grandchildren inspired me so much. She really opened my eyes to the unconditional love of Jesus. This last week I helped at the pantry again. I stood in line to get another person to help through and the lady passes me a name card that read: Norma. Out walked this frail old woman that I just wanted to hug because she was so cute. It was her first time at the food pantry. I explained the process of how everything worked. Her information card said how she had eight people in her family. We talked about her kids and her grandchildren. When choosing what to put in her bag, she would always say “well I like this but I know the kids will eat this.” She put her wants and desires aside for her kids. Seeing her do this for everything she pick up, made me want to give her what she wanted because she totally deserves it. Norma loves selflessly and people can learn a lot from her, I did. Both these women showed me God’s love, just by going about their daily lives. Every time I got to the food pantry, I love just loving on all these people. Sometimes it’s hard when they don’t speak English, but it is so worth it. I have always had a serving heart, which can sometimes get me in trouble. Sometimes people get so wrapped up in serving that they forget why. I know when I was younger I would serve a ton and I always forgot the reason why. Since my relationship with Jesus Christ has grown, I know why now. God has giving me such a love for people, that I used to have but lost sight of. But now I know I serve to show people who Jesus is. We are called to be the hands of Jesus on this Earth and really living that out is so amazing. So if you are ever free on a Thursday afternoon from 3:30-5:30pm you should come with a humble heart and have God open your eyes. You can sit at home wondering why God allows people to go hungry and to suffer or you can stop wondering and start doing something about it.