Care Groups

. . .He cares about you! 1 Peter 5:7b

Sometimes I need some care from my care group. I usually know when I need it, even though not much is going wrong in my life. I do lose a friend on occasion and sometimes struggle with some heavy load that needs another shoulder. My group “cares” because we’re supposed to do that.

Belonging to a care group can be a specific thing. Perhaps a Bible Study class or some other organization in the local Church will form a Care Group and include you in it. Then someone will invite you over for hamburgers on the patio, or come by your place to check out how you are doing or what’s going on in your life. Maybe just a call now and then to determine if you have a need, or a note in the mail to brighten your day will be the order of caring.

One thing I know for sure is that the Church is supposed to care. We are supposed to care about our relationship with God. We are supposed to care about our involvement with the Body and our ministry through it. We are supposed to care about the Truth and how it is being demonstrated in our lives day by day. We are supposed to care about “others.” We might care about hurricane victims, or boys and girls who are struggling at home or in school. We could care about men and women who are confined in various kinds of institutions around us like hospitals, prisons, elderly care facilities, or shelters.

Just caring for one another is not a difficult task, and yet one that is often left undone. We’re too busy, or not sure how to do it, or don’t know anyone who needs it, or have chosen to spend our time on lesser things. What we fail to realize is that if we (the Church) don’t do it, it may very well go undone. At least it will go undone by those who have the capacity to see that care becomes llove.

Of course we are all members of one particular care group. See 1 Peter 5:6-7 if you’re unsure which one you belong to.