Care a lot

What best describes the first Christian community was the way they loved each other. This greatly puzzled their contemporaries. These Christians gave up their personal resources so that the apostles may distribute them to the other members of the Church, so that nobody may be wanting.
This was certainly unusual. It still is, in fact. Our security and the security of those closest to us is always our  top priority. That is why we have all sorts of investments and insurances. It is, therefore, not easy for us to understand when people give up something (material or otherwise) for the sake of others.
The good news is, this is not something that is only history. It still happens everyday, in big and small ways. When we care for others, when we let people's struggles and pains touch us and make us change and have a different perspective, then we are really followers of Jesus.
I once watched a Christmas film and one of the characters said: "the difference between our town and the big city is, here, we care for each other."
I like the word "care." It denotes a certain strength that becomes vulnerability to be touched by others' suffering and pain.
Caring is love that warms the heart.
I remember how my youngest brother, Stephen, used to repeat the Care Bears slogan "we care a lot."