Recently,I had to change Internet cable services. One former provider promised to send me a postage-paid box to mail their equipment back to them. I waited. No box came. I phoned. The promised box still did not arrive, but I did get a bill for the equipment! I was so furious.
After 2 hours on the phone with no resolution and wanting to get this resolved, I decided to return it at my own expense. I sent several faxes and made unknown number of calls asking if they received it - but no reply. Then I got a refund check for $.02 for the returned equipment! An experience like that can be frustrating. A simple transaction was complicated by poor communication.
Sadly, some people in our churches may encounter an impersonal response to their needs. Weather seeking marital counseling, childcare, guidance for a troubled teen, or a loving community, they come away feeling uncared for.
All churches are not perfect, but they faithfully help others. The church at Jerusalem "divided (their goods) among all, as anyone had need" (Acts 2:45).
Good communication is the starting point for learning others' needs. This enables us to provide personal and practical help to people when they need it. Resources, both material and spiritual can then be directed to each person as the object of God's personal love.
God cares for you - care for others.
Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do so. - Proverbs 3:27
Source: Christian Work From Home Moms and Grandparents. - Faithful Grannies.com
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All who serve within the church
Should show by word and deed
A sensitivity to those
Who have a special need - D.De Hamm
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