To Make a Difference

This morning, I got an email from friends with AFM in Ireland. The end of their letter had a thought that I found simple but profound and far reaching... Something for all to consider as we try to share His love. They wrote,

"The longer we’re here, the more we’re convinced that the single biggest thing we can do to create the influence we need and want to create is to retain a physical presence. There is no amount of stuff we do, literature we send out [or] things we build that can communicate the same message as a personal commitment to the people by giving of our life by being a member of their community. This is at the heart of how God does it, and it cost Him everything. Any day He could have decided [He'd] had enough dust, disease and sleeping on the ground and gone back to His throne [in] heaven; but He stayed until His work was done—and it made a difference, all the difference."