We visited two handicapped ladies living together at Dover HDB flat. Both are in their seventies and they depend on each other for support. They are not able to travel by bus so when they do go out have to use taxis. Their flat has two bedrooms; they both share one room and the other is rented out to get some income.
But they are cheerful for they both know, love and serve the Lord. Every Sunday, TOUCH community services come to transport them to church and bring them home again. Friends give support.
We thank God we are still able to move around ministering in God's name. John Ruskin, poet and art critic made this statement concerning a good artist. He needs three essential qualities
1. An eye to see and appreciate the beauty of the scene he desires to catch on canvas.
2. A heart to feel and register the beauty and atmosphere of the scene.
3. A hand to perform - to transfer to canvas what the eye has seen and the heart felt.
I am not an artist, but as a servant of the Lord I need these same qualities to serve Him by ministering to others. I've been pondering over the words of Scripture regarding Jesus. When He saw the crowds He had compassion on them. When he saw the leper, an outcast of society, He stretched out His hand and touch that leper. Jesus had eyes to see and heart to feel when He walked the earth.
The two handicapped ladies live on their own, but thank God there are people to care and give practical support. My prayer to day,
"Help us to help each other, Lord,
Each other's cross to bear;
Let each his friendly aid afford,
And feel his brother's care." Charles Wesley.
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