Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to act. Proverbs 3:27
“Alms-deeds comprise every kind of service rendered to our neighbor who needs such assistance. He who supports a lame man bestows an alms on him with his feet; he who guides a blind man does him a charity with his eyes; he who carries an invalid or an old man upon his shoulders imparts to him an alms of his strength. Hence none are so poor but they may bestow an alms on the wealthiest man in the world.”
Augustine of Hippo in The Lives of the Saints by Alan Butler, 1894 (Global Grey edition, 2019) 10 May reading.
Doing what we could to help and watching people join in to help each other and to come to Christ in Ukraine touched us deeply.
For example, GTP raised funds and distributed 3,000 loaves of bread. Many of these loaves blessed people so much, it drew them to Christ.
It wemt like this. Imagine if half your village fled. And while the remaining people struggled to survive, someone provided bread and water.
With our hands and feet we show great love. With our shoulders we carry those who suffer. And the result, they want what we have.
They want the hope, the love, the kindness. That is how people are coming to Jesus. As they grow and learn they realize, they too can help others.
To bestow is to confer or present something to someone else. What do you have the power to bestow on others that will draw them to Jesus?
Soon I will make a last call to give. Michael (GTP board member pictured above) and Nina Cherenkov depart Ukraine in a few days.
If you want to bestow aid like sharing bread, delivering water, and providing funding for Christian workers, make a special gift to GTP today.
Click here and designate your gift to “Deliver help and hope to Eastern Europe and Ukraine.” Thank you.