October 31, 2023
SHEEP AND GOATS
Tom Logan
MMM Co-founder and President
"He will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats, and he will put the sheep at his right hand and the goats at the left.” - Matthew 25:32-33
As Jesus tells us, the sheep and the goats are separated not on the basis of their goodness or badness but based on what they did or did not do. They were separated by who had fed the hungry, who had given the thirsty something to drink, who had clothed the naked, who had cared for the sick and visited those in prison.
The cost of a well for an entire village is $450. This is a higher quality and better well, than the one we built in the 1990s for $500 (think about that for a moment).
A Marion Medical Mission well represents self-help. The villagers do what they can. They make the brick, and provide the stone, sand, and unskilled labor. A Marion Medical Mission well is one that uses the talents of the Africans. A Marion Medical Mission well is one the extreme rural poor know how to maintain and one they can afford to maintain. The impact of this self-help program has been dramatic. Its importance can’t be over emphasized. Self-help is a means for people to get up off their knees. Self-help frees people.
We want to follow Jesus; we want our Master Christ to live in us. Yet, we want to do it in a rational, logical, reasonable way where everything is in its proper place and order. The two don’t readily mix; they don’t completely match; the two don’t and won’t always work together and when they don’t, that’s when the Master’s light shines brightest. And we need to make sure we let it shine.
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