A relative of mine passed on an interesting message to me about post-hurricane relief. The message was about us having a big church building and not doing anything for hurricane survivors. I realized then that there is public perception and then there is truth. No matter what the truth is, public perception sometimes dominates the conversation, so at times, it is important to set apart perception and truth. If there is one organization, or should I say organism, that functions during adversity, it is the church. If the church advertises what it is doing, some people say be quiet and just do what you do. If you don’t inform of what you are doing, people say you are doing nothing. Another individual pointed to what the “numbers” bosses were doing to help because of television footage they had seen, again questioning what the church is doing. From that moment, I realized it is important for people to know that if any organization shines in adversity, it is the church.

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