Homecoming

Homecoming. It’s that time of year again. I’ve seen tons of pictures of my high school friends who have kids that are now in high school and all the homecoming dance pictures from this weekend. Everyone was all dressed up and looking pretty in their dress  and handsome in their suits and ties. My alma mater had their homecoming weekend this past weekend with my former college having an alumni soccer game as part of the celebration. Too bad I live about 700 miles away or I would have loved to go back and catch up with old friends and teammates.

There have been some awesome stories in the news the past couple of weeks where high school student bodies selected classmates, that would otherwise be left out, as their kings and queens. Kids with special needs being honored by their classmates by being crowned to homecoming courts. One story told of a girl who had been shot a few years ago, and recovered, being chosen as the homecoming queen. All feel good stories that bring a tear to your eye. Kids that normally aren’t considered the popular crowd being given the spotlight of their school for one special night. I congratulate their classmates for doing such an honorable thing.

Jesus taught His disciples the same principle about honoring those that may be considered less fortunate or not the most popular people. “He said also to the man who had invited him, ‘When you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return and you be repaid. But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the just.’” - Luke 14:12-14.

We are blessed when we bless those who cannot provide us anything in return. Those that are not able to repay you for what you have done receive a greater blessing than those that can give back to you what you have given to them. There will always be people more fortunate than ourselves, and there will always be people that are less fortunate. God commands us to reach down and help those that we can without needing to be repaid for what we’ve done.

Have a great day and God bless.