Love in Action

LOVE IN ACTION

We were created for connection – to love God and one another.

Perhaps we view serving as big acts, significant time commitments, or specific gifts and talents. When we add chronic illness, getting involved in traditional or culturally familiar ways can become challenging, but definitely not impossible.

In Galatians 5:13b, we read “… serve one another humbly in love,” but how can we do that with chronic illness?

Francis de Sales reminds us that, “There is nothing small in the service of God.”

Mother Teresa wrote, “Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love…”

Small acts are never small when they are acts of love.

Small actions of love are the very definition of humbly serving one another.  

On hard days, the simple act of smiling might require our brave intentionality, but it is a gift to the one who receives it. That one small act carries love that can change the trajectory of someone’s day, brightening both theirs and yours!

From an earthly perspective, small things like:

• a cup of cold water given “to the least of these” refreshes Jesus Himself
• one simple lunch of bread and fish offered in childlike faith fed the 5000
• faith as small as a mustard seed has the amazing power to move mountains

CREATIVE WAYS TO GET INVOLVED

While you may no longer be able to serve in traditional or culturally familiar ways due to chronic illness, discover creative ways to love God and love others right where you are, however you are able. Chronic Joy’s Get Involved page is filled with innovative options and easy-to-implement ideas to inspire and encourage you.

The door is open, Friends, and you are warmly invited! 

God created us for connection. We are always #BetterTogether!