i was asked if i believe that my existence is necessary. i believe that everyone has a purpose, a role to play. actors or not we are all participating in Gods HUGE movie. he has a plan and in that plan it obviously includes me and you because if it didn’t… god wouldn’t have placed us on this earth. sometimes we might feel useless and unpurposefull but we are making a difference in peoples live whether we see it or not..

sometimes we don’t see it tho… all we think about is ourselves, we walk through our day thinking about the next thing  we have to get done, the next place we have to go to, the next meal we are going to have… or how we are going to finance the next meal… we don’t realize the homeless people sitting on the side of the road. they have a life too we are not the only ones going through hell on earth… or what we call hell.

God put us all together to compliment and help each other.  to fit together as puzzle pieces, to help create one big beautiful masterpiece.

when we all (because everyone eventually does) come to this point of asking ourselves “is our existence necessary?” we should all ask ourselves “can one mosquito make a difference in a tent of sleeping people?”

you bet.

Today going to KW (Kendall-Whittier school) there was a lot of talk on whether or not we felt useful… for the most part all i did in my group was sit there and watch the kids cook and occasionally help with something… or make myself look useful. when i was asked this question… the majority of our time wasn’t the thing that popped into my head, it was the beginning of our time that hit me. when the children arrived one of the little girls that is in my group ran up to me and told me that she made me something. as she reaches into her backpack and pulls out a picture she tells me that she drew it and her little brother colored it. This picture that i will soon be putting on my refrigerator is one of the most meaningful things that i have received in a long time. so for me, even tho i may not currently feel useful in the way of physically handing something to someone. i am still useful in the way that, if i weren’t here today i would be missed greatly! And that alone, i think is useful!

We are learning to be aware of little gifts in this project.  Sometimes the gift just comes right up to you and hands you a picture they drew.- ck