Yeah, I know I am behind the times, perhaps an ancient cog in a mighty big old wheel, but I try to stay relevant, so I grew a beard. That should be enough, right?
You see I had heard about Black Friday. In our family it once was a tradition that Deb, her mom and her sister left the house around 11:00pm on Thursday - Thanksgiving Night - to go shopping for all the Christmas “deals.” They would return looking like they had done battle around noon on Friday to recover. Dad and I stayed home and watched the news reports about all the crazy people grabbing this, that or the other thing. We laughed one night when we watched a live news report of a female fist fight in the shoe department at Macy’s - downtown Atlanta. For a moment we were concerned about the safety of our women, and then joked to ourselves about which one of them had caused the fight over shoes. I still giggle a little while thinking about my tiny little wife playing keep away with a pair of red pumps in the middle of the night. She claims it wasn’t her, but when kidding Deb, why should I let the truth to get in the way. Then a few years ago along came Cyber Monday. I am a little fuzzy on this one, but I think if you do your online ordering by today, which is Cyber Monday, then delivery will reach you in plenty of time before Christmas to get everything wrapped and delivered to where it belongs. Ok, that makes sense to me, but it's a sad sign of the times for the mom and pop shops that are not so relevant anymore. Then a couple of months ago I heard about a new thing - Giving Tuesday. I heard about it while talking to our website developers. Apparently, Giving Tuesday was developed by someone ten years or so ago, who wanted to change the Christmas season focus from material possessions to helping others. Well, OK then — this is something I can really get behind, and tomorrow is Giving Tuesday, so let's consider the IMFC.
Most of you who are one of the IMFC or follow the field work closely know what goes on. You know that three thousand people per month are fed by the IMFC as we work to transform their lives by teaching them how to begin and sustain a business. You know about the lives saved through the MAMA Kit distributions, or changed through the sanitary pads “trainings.” You have read the stories from the prisons, or participated with us as we disciple behind the bars and razor wire. If you know about those, then you know about the discipleship movement going on right now among the refugees. You would also know that Kenya and the Congo are begging for more Discipleship books. Wow, thousands of people are running with the Gospel. The Gospel is still relevant today! Who knew?
Every one of us who are a part of the IMFC in both hemispheres believe God has called us to make a bigger difference. We completely understand running with the Gospel. I am sure that most of us want to live life being more relevant than a beard, so if you feel you need to do more and complete God’s purpose for your life then follow one of the links below.
- Walk Dusty Roads
- Join IMFC's Brand New Prayer Team
- Donate for Giving Tuesday
- Create your own fundraising team for one of the IMFC ministries
I do look forward to working with you more closely.
Until Jesus Comes - GO,
Steve DuVall
Until Jesus Comes - GO,
Steve DuVall
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