FMF: Help

Joining in with the Five Minute Friday writers again. You can learn more by clicking the link at the bottom of this post.

If you would like to learn more about how to share with
your kids about tragic events, please visit
fredrogers.org. LOTS of amazing resources there to help. 

I may have cheated just a little bit, I had to find this quote before my five started (left). When thinking about the word help, I can't help but remember this quote. In the same way that when tragedy strikes, it again brings this to the forefront of my mind. There is help all around us. We just need to look for it. Sometimes it is as easy to see as the police officer handing a homeless person some water and a meal. Other times it is the children who did this. Cheating again to find that article to include here but it is so worth it.

Help is easy to find, and easy to do. You can help your neighbor by mowing their lawn. Or you can help the single mother at church by offering an afternoon off by watching her children. There are so many ways you can be the help in the world. And that is what we, as Christians, have been called to be. We are to be the hands and feet of Christ on this earth. If Jesus were here right now, I know that he would be helping everyone he could. During this time of high tension in our country between police and the people, it is easy to get caught up in the "he should have done this" or "they shouldn't have done that." Why not just offer your support to both sides. Offer an officer a thank you. Join in a peaceful protest. Be the change. Offer help when it is needed. Be the help that this world so desperately needs.

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