KERUSSO BLOG

Jessie sat down across from Natalie at the coffee shop, smiling as she scooted into the booth. She knew her friend’s life had been tough for several months, and she was grateful for a chance to catch up with her, and offer support. Former colleagues, the two women didn’t get together as often as they’d like, but always enjoyed each other’s company.

Employment and finances and school and our state of health suddenly feel precarious, and we can’t gather with the ones we love to hug it out and reassure each other, shoulder to shoulder and face to face, that it will all be okay.

Right now, we are supporting the   Samaritan’s Purse Emergency Field Hospital in NYC. The facility is set up in Central Park to provide care for patients seriously ill with COVID-19. A 72-member Disaster Assistance Response Team including doctors, nurses, and other medical personnel is now on the ground. 

Did your parents or grandparents raise you to love the Lord? Were you invited to church by a friend at school or work? Did you encounter God through a service or program of some kind? Maybe a perfect stranger prayed for you in a moment of need and shared their faith journey.

Time is a currency that cannot be manufactured, and there are no refunds or exchanges once we’ve spent it. It gets away from us if we’re not careful, slipping through our fingers like the finest grains of sand. It happens a little at a time, until suddenly an hourglass that seemed three-fourths full a moment ago has dwindled down to nothing.  

Let that truth sink in! When we choose Jesus, He gives us a clean slate, and everything else falls away in the light of His grace. Suddenly, all those things we’ve been chasing no longer seem so important.

Judging others is easy, and even comes naturally in our fallen state. So is turning a blind eye to the needs of those around us, and ignoring hurting people around the world, or even right next door.

Upon receiving a terminal cancer diagnosis, Shawn and his wife Stephanie had nowhere to turn but God. The power of words became part of their healing story. While facing difficult rounds of chemotherapy, Shawn chose to wear Kerusso T-shirts to each visit as a way to share “words of life” with the many other patients battling fear, and fighting for their very lives.

365 days a year, active duty military personnel are working to protect and serve their fellow citizens and the interests of our nation at home, and abroad. What if we did more to serve them in return — without waiting for Veteran’s Day to roll around again?

It can be difficult, even painful to embrace this truth when faced with genuine struggles like illness, job loss, relationship turmoil, or other uncertainties, but faith makes all the difference in our lives.

Are you the kind of person others turn to for life advice? Your relationships are smooth sailing. Your home is tidy. You look put-together and approach every situation with confidence.

Have you ever had your heart broken? Not just in a Hallmark-movie-of-the-month kind of way, but by a friend, spouse, or family member? Maybe you allowed yourself to be vulnerable, and a friend betrayed your confidence.