Happy Sunday Bloggers! I'd like to share the most inspiring part of my day.... reading Matthew Manes blog about his mission trip to Africa. WWW.MATTMANES.COM. The perspective and passion that comes from this post is truly amazing. I felt like I was living the experience through his words. I admire people that have the strength and courage to pursue missions overseas... it's a gift and I highly recommend everyone to read what he has to say. To encourage you to read it more, here is one of my favorite excerpts::
"At the end of the trip all I could do was Praise God. Praise Him for his provision of water for drinking and for showering. Praise Him for what he was doing in people’s lives. Praise Him for safety as we were working. Praise Him for keeping us out of harms way with spiders and snakes and scorpions. Praise Him for using me and humbling me in some of the most incredible ways. Praise Him for all the children we were able to be around and all the children at the orphanges who have people there that love them. Praise Him for an amazing team of people who each had their own unique gifts they were able to use and to make the trip perfect. Praise Him for bringing me back home to my friends and work. Praise Him for the memories and for an exciting couple of months.
Praise Him for being Him".
Powerful, right? Sometimes I get so caught up in my life and petty matters that I forget the big picture. I forget that there are 6,000,000,000+ people in this world, a majority that aren't near as fortunate as I am. It makes my head spin and I'm suddenly knocked back down to a state of humbleness. Sometimes I can't help but wonder how I am so blessed? Why out of those 6 billion people did God put me here, in this place, with these people that are so wonderful? Why do I have great parents? How is it that while so many people are homeless, not only do I have a home, I have a nice home, I have 2 nice homes that I can go home to anytime I want... my house and my parents. No make that 3, or more... my grandmothers house, and many of my friends homes. I have water, not only do I have water, I have bottled water... clean water. How do we forget these things? I really don't think I've thought about those details of my life in a very long time. I'm pretty sure that's a life lesson to me... God is telling me to stop worrying about things that he is taking care of... but to worry about those that are struggling and use the things that he has provided me with to help others. New years resolutions are out the door, doing my part to resolve crisis has been sitting at my front door for a while, and it's about time I let it in.
lovelovelove....❤❤❤ in a whole new light
xoxo LK
