Comments on: I Want To Be A “Drop In The Bucket” Christian

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 03:47:41 +0000

Well, I don’t agree with half of the stuff I say… so, yeah, I do intend to say one thing & then go off in an entirely different direction. Ha! I say all kinds of crap.

Yes—what you’re saying here is exactly right. Let’s pray everyone gets it, everyone has an epiphany at the same time. All of our “drop in the bucket” together is what really becomes significant. I’m with you Erin. Thanks for being with me.

By: Erin

Erin — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 03:13:08 +0000

I’ve been thinking about this post all day, PB. I can’t get it out of my head. And here’s a question for you… Have you ever Intended to say something and then gone off in a different direction and completely missed where you wanted to go in the first place? No? Me neither!

Part of what I wanted to say in my prior comments was this: “What if? What if we could get everyone at church to believe that their “meaningless, insignificant, not quite enough drop in the bucket” really could mean something when combined with my drop in the bucket?” And your drop in the bucket. And the person sitting next to you… they added their drop in the bucket?

Imagine that we all had an epiphany at the same time… “I can’t give a hundred bucks, but I can give fifty.” Or I can’t give twenty bucks, but I can give ten. Or your budget is so tight that you can’t give five bucks… but you can give one dollar.

Together we could make the 5 so much more than it is now. We could give better meals… more groceries. We could have a better food pantry for everyday requests.

I pray that we all become Drop In The Bucket Christians. Because what we give matters. No matter how big or small that drop is… It matters.

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 05:09:52 +0000

I love this Erin. Thanks for sharing!

By: Erin

Erin — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 05:06:20 +0000

Wow. I don’t know if I can put what I’m feeling into words right now. It’s like you wrote this just for me. The entire message spoke to me as I read it.

I saw a poster once that read, “Do for one what you wish you could do for all.” It got me to thinking… Up until that time I had been pretty much one of those people that think, “I can’t help them all. Why even try?” But guess what? When I do that… When I do for one what I wish I could do for all… It matters. It really matters. To that one person… I might have just made their day. I may have just made their week… We don’t know what a small act of kindness can mean to somebody.

Offering up that ‘drop in the bucket’ can change someone’s world. I want to do that… Change somebody’s life. I want to help fill their bucket… one drop at a time.

This is why I love NWLife Church. The 5 is all about One Drop At A Time. We share what we can… One meal a week isn’t much… A drop in the bucket compared to the other 20 meals in a week. But we do it. Why? Because that drop might be the only meal somebody gets that day. It matters. A small bag of groceries isn’t much to send them home with. But in that bag full of drops are the components that will help fill out those other 20 meals in a week.

I want to make a difference. I want to help change somebody’s life for the better. I want to be a drop in the bucket christian too!

By: shari

shari — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 17:32:22 +0000

This is an amazing truth. I totally relate to the feeling of “not doing enough”. I wish I could get credit for every good intention I had, or find a way to battle the guilty feelings that I’m not doing all that I could/should/want to for my family, husband, daughter, church, neighbors, school, world…. When I see that on FB on any given day there may be 5 birthdays of people I wish I could pause and wish a happy birthday to, send a card- but goodness, there’s just not enough time in a day. So I learn from your example, Brian to chill, do what can be done, and leave the rest. You are a grounding force for me and I’m so thankful for you.