Who’s your neighbor . . .

I can remember a time when we knew all of our neighbors. A time when we went to the neighborhood store or gas station – which at the time had a working garage - and people would stand around and talk. Talk was often about work, family, church, community – in short it was about life. Today I’m not sure that we know our neighbors. Life is at a dead run. We seem to only be at home to sleep and then it is off to work, school, ball games, church, and the thousand other things that we feel are important to life as we know it. We have phones, computers, PDA’s and several other ways to keep connected. Although it seems strange that I barely even know what my neighbor’s names are, much less if they have a relationship with Jesus. It seems that if the schools that our students go to everyday are their greatest mission field, then our greatest mission field is our own neighborhood and most often right next door. I’ll develop this thought more in the days to come. Until next time – keep your eyes on Jesus and go find out who you live next door to.