It is a joy to help the needy

George Calleja | 02/06/2018

Helping a needy person is a blessing. Whenever one helps a needy person, joy is experienced in one’s life. This joy is possible when one has a personal relationship with Jesus. Experiencing joy whenever serving a needy person is possible for all.

But who is the needy person? A needy person could be he who is sick and requires someone to run some errands for him. Maybe your neighbour cannot buy the necessary food for the family due to financial difficulties… and would appreciate if someone provided that food! There could be people who need to talk about their difficulties in life, and just want someone to listen to them and comfort them. Others might need to grow in their spiritual life, to understand what life is all about and to know who Jesus is. People can have all sorts of needs.

Helping a person in need is an opportunity to love, is an opportunity to bring Jesus to the person. So how come that joy is experienced whenever helping a needy person? The secret of experiencing this joy is, that when one loves a needy person, it is Jesus that is receiving this love. The joy is the result of loving Jesus, it is the result of having a personal relationship with Jesus.

In our lives we come across many opportunities to help the needy. Each of our neighbours is in some kind of need. Do we reach out to our neighbours? Do we help our neighbours in their needs?

Helping our neighbour in their needs is an opportunity to love, to give Jesus and to experience His joy.

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About the Author

George Calleja

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I am George Calleja from Malta; I am married and have two children. In 2009, I obtained my MBA through the University of Leicester.

During the years 1990 to 1996, I was a full-time missionary with ‘The International Catholic Programme for Evangelization - ICPE’ and have evangelized in various countries, such as Russia, Ghana, Poland, Germany, and Malta amongst others. Since 1997, I am an active member of the Focolare Movement in Malta.

Since June 2012, I created a website by the name of 'Peace and Unity in our lives', which provides inspiration and encouragement for life, and an opportunity for people around the globe to find courage by trusting God to be more present in their life.

I also am a Christian Author. My first book was Peace and Unity in our lives – Volume One (Nov. 2014). I published my second book (Jan. 2015), Volume Two of Peace and Unity in our lives (now in paperback). My third book ‘Yes… I will follow Him’, published in March 2015. I published a free ebook Evangelization (June 2015) through Social Networking Sites', which is also available in paperback for a minimal price.

Other Christian books of mine are:

September 2015 - ‘The Beatitudes… the blessings from the Sermon on the Mount’

January 2016 – ‘My little book of daily prayer’,

April 2016 – ‘Taste and see that the Lord is good’,

September 2016 – ‘The Light’

February 2017 – ‘Heal my Wounds’

July 2017 – ‘Waking up the sleeping giant’ a free ebook to download, which is also available for a minimal price as a paperback version,

December 2017 - 'Spiritual Reflections',

June 2018 - 'In His Image',

January 2019 - 'Her Silence',

October 2019 - 'Come To Me',

November 2020 - 'Emmaus... in today's society', and