Someone Cares!

Did you know that Starbucks spends more on healthcare for its employees than it does for coffee beans? The welfare and morale of its employee-partners comes first. If every business were so inclined, there would be minimal need for government intervention.

And there’s a message in there, spiritually – “spiritual care” – I’ll let you make the transition. And not just for the "down-and-out," but for the "in-and-out" as well.

Someone Cares (SASB 238)

Do you sometimes feel that no-one truly knows you?
And that no-one understands or really cares?
Through His people God himself is close beside you,
And through them He plans to answer all your prayers.

Someone cares, someone cares,
Someone knows your deepest need, your burden shares,
Someone cares, someone cares,
God Himself will hear the whisper of your prayers.

Ours is not a distant God, remote unfeeling
Who is careless of our loneliness and pain
Through the ministry of men, He gives His healing
In their dedicated hands, brings hope again.

This is one of my favorite songs, hopefully to be left in a revision of the Song Book. My take on this will come over at therubicon.org, in answer to one of the five questions Commissioner Jim Knaggs was going to ask on TCSpeak – islavos.net, but didn’t get to because of time: What is one song that you would like to see added to the new Song Book? The answer might surprise you. Check out the interview over there for an answer to the questions that were asked.

“Through His People…” “Through the ministry of men…” “In their dedicated hands…” “Someone Cares.” I wonder, “Has officership become a profession instead of a passion? Has Soldiership become an avocation instead of a passion? “Love Takes Courage!” More on this (digging deeper) right here in weeks to come.

JN