Oprah's New Show

Tonight I watched Oprah's new show, The Big Give, where contestants are given money and time limits to see who can do the best charity/goodwill project within those limits. It's kind of like Survivor + Extreme Makeover + Oprah, all wrapped in the same burrito. During the competition, one contestant commented how through this [The Big Give] she realized how ignorant she is [to the needs of people]. Sad and true, eh? Ya know, I live in a great country where I always have a roof over my head, food on my table, clothes on my back. I am so, so thankful for this. But like her, I never want my thankfulness to create any shred of ignorance. I want to be very aware of the needs of others all the time. I can sleep at night if I saw the need of the homeless man but couldn't fill it with a new home. But I can't sleep at night if I never saw the need. As a God-follower, seeing the need means I can ALWAYS do SOMETHING. Maybe I can't give away $1000s in 1-hour show, but I CAN pray for them. And what God can do, through that, isn't just "the big give", it is the biggest give wrapped in the greatest love.