Guest writer Jim Goddard shares what Love in Action means to him.

We asked Jim Goddard, what does Love in Action look like to you? Here is his response, and our first in a series of guest blog writers.

“Love in Action is opening a car door for an elderly gentleman; carrying a pram down the steps for a new Mum; offering a meal to a homeless man on the streets; stopping to check that a child running on the street has not lost her parent; surprising your wife with some flowers and saying ‘I love you’; dropping a meal round to a couple with a new baby; offering to tend the garden of a widow; painting the toilets of a local primary school with few resources; putting on a birthday party for someone who struggles with depression.

Love in Action is seeking justice for the oppressed; caring for the orphan and widow; offering a poor family an opportunity to get their dignity back through a microloan; providing education for children who have none; rescuing a child from a rubbish dump; purchasing fair trade products; speaking up for those who can’t speak for themselves; lobbying our government to increase their % GNI of foreign aid.

Love in Action is sharing the love of Jesus, the one who can inspire all these actions and more to flow from the heart of an inherently selfish human being, because of His unfailing love for us.

Love in Action is Jesus.”

About Jim Goddard. Jim is the founder of Global Community Partnerships and the original architect of Manly-Manado. You can learn more about Jim and Global Community Partnerships on the GCP website.