Chase Roberts

Can I tell you something that breaks my heart? Every week we get people coming to church needing some measure of financial assitance. With limited resources it can be difficult to sort how/who to help. Here is the heartbreaking part... People often tell very long and convuluted stories...often saying they have brain cancer, a dog with three legs, pregnant with septuplets and the jerk boyfriend left, and they just need $20 to take their dying mother to her doctor's appointment. What is heartbreaking is that they feel these stories are necessary. They have to PROVE need and compete with other needs, before believing their case can be heard. And I get it. As I said earlier, we churches have limited resources. Jesus is unlimited in resources. And we don't have to convince Him of our need. His heart is bent toward compassion. This is great news! In reality, I'm even more broken than the stories I could string together, and He is still moved to love me. It's an invitation to be honest and be loved. What breaks my heart, though, is that when I hear the stories, I just want to say--you don't have to earn my love and compassion. But sadly, they kinda do. I'm not Jesus, sometimes my heart is callous. And I have limited resources. Which is why in all of our benevolence we need to point to the One who is limitless.