Smitty on worship & service to the poor

In a post about his new music project A New Hallelujah, Michael W. Smith shares this story about a woman he knows…

…that noticed a group of homeless people living under a bridge here in Nashville. It was on a Tuesday night and she was on her way home to make dinner. She figured, as long as she was going to make dinner for her family – she might as well make a little extra and take it back to the 4 or 5 people she saw under the bridge.

With no pretense or media alert – she made a pot of gumbo and took it down to these folks. The next Tuesday – she did the same thing. By the third Tuesday – word had gotten out and a few more showed up.

I’m sure you know where this story is going. THAT was an act of Worship.

Smitty says that music has become an important part of the Bridge Ministry….

But, honestly, it wasn’t music that drew these homeless people there on a Tuesday night. It was love and it was food. Music got ushered in because other needs were met. When the stomachs were filled the hearts opened up and music became a vehicle to preach the Gospel.

(HT: WorshipTogether.com)

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