Different Situations, Same God

I was watching another episode of "Secret Millionaire," and it reminded me that I wish I could be out there helping people right now, and that's one of the main reasons I want to be an optometrist.

In college, I participated in Alternative Breaks and met people and community groups that were organizing similar programs for the people in their community.  There is a certain joy and enthusiasm you have for helping people like that and knowing that there are bigger problems out there.  But realistically, God has other plans for people.  God doesn't plan for everyone to be run a transition home, or be the next Mother Theresa.  God will uniquely use you, your experience, your skills, and personality for His glory.  His will is for people to know about His gift, and the best way we can show that is through loving one another.

So, even though, our hardships may pale in comparison to those struggling in tough communities, it is reassuring to know that the God need to rely on through the hard times, and praise in the tough times, is the same God those in poorer neighborhoods pray to.

So if it is never in God's plan for us to directly affect the lives of those in poorer communities, we can be sure that God has His own plans for them, and God is loving, and fair.