The world moves fast, doesn’t it? We’re always making another to-do list, reading another best-selling leadership book, and doing more. We buy things that promise to make us faster and more efficient – things that will let us be in a business meeting and at the dinner table at the same time. The busier and more productive we have been on any given day, the better we feel about ourselves – even if all that activity leaves us feeling exhausted. But it’s never enough, is it?
If you’re feeling tired, I’ve got good news: Jesus, who said “my yoke is easy and my burden is light,” did not come to give us a checklist of religious programs and practices. Rather, the daily Christian life is an invitation to be “in” Christ, as a fish is in water. It’s not about doing more, but about experiencing His fullness in all that we do as we become more like Him.
Prisoners have an opportunity to experience this in a unique way. While serving their time, they don’t have an opportunity to “do” much that the world would consider significant. But God’s presence and promises shine all the more brightly when compared to the loneliness and darkness of their surroundings.
Prison Fellowship staff and volunteers come alongside prisoners to help them know Christ and remain “in” Him while they are behind bars and after they return to the community. Is He prompting you to journey with us and these precious men and women – not as one more thing to do, but as an opportunity to encounter Jesus in our neighbors? Learn more at www.prisonfellowship.org/get-involved.