I was so encouraged today because I had the opportunity to go to a very faith filled church service today!
The question that the pastor proposed today was this: Will you position yourself in the world in such a way that you are effecting the eternal destination of specific people's lives???
He made the stark illustration that when a person becomes a Christian, they are super zealous. But as they grow in their FAITH they start to insulate themself into a sort of HOLY HUDDLE. They wake up to the latest casting crowns song, followed by meeting their Christian friends at the local coffee shop, followed by going to church 5 nights a week for some sort of service......
It is so important for Christians do not do this....We are to shine the LIGHT OF JESUS to the world.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgDYMc76AYs Please watch this video!
God I ask that you challlenge me to be more intentional about reaching out to people in my life that may not know the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.
SO today Brian and I completed the day two challenge of the six week quest.
We both took our last sip of water at 4am and fasted from water until 7om this evening. I was very parched. It was 95 degrees with 100 percent humidity today. But overall, it was quite easy to complete the task. I think the main reason was because it was easy to abstain from something for a short amount of time knowing that after that set time...I again to INDULGE myself in that.
Brian and I debriefed tonight over our expereince and something kept coming back to me.
It wasnt that much of a sacrifice. I brushed my teeth with water. I didnt swallow the water but I still the amazing privileged to brush my teeth with non parasitic water. I took a shower...a regular hot shower. It was not a bucket shower. Jason did a load of my laundry today as well. WOW...I am just cheating...I didnt really even make the sacrifice. I wasnt suffering.
Here are some devastating facts. Every 21 seconds a precious child dies from a water related disease. That is most often times DIARRHEA. My friend's son has diarrhea right now...maybe just a little bug....but we would never imagine or expect him to die from it. This is the case to millions of people around the world.
1.1 billion people in our world do not have access to clean water.....how devastating. One thing this does for me.....makes me hit myself for making my stupid little problems take up my thought life....I should be spending my time figuring out solutions on how to save some lives.
So now as I sit here LORD contemplating the RIGHT things LORD...my eyes fixed heavenward....by the way thank you for acknowledging such a strange creature.....I want to really come up with some things of ACTION.
I pray that doing this six week quest with Brian that I will strengthen my faith, I will encourage others to make a difference, and I will strive to bring as many people as I can into the loving knowledge of JESUS!
PRAISE: My daughters were really excited to hear about the challenge I was doing and wanted me to tell them more. The relief housedad takled with me quite a while about God and life. My home is thriving..I am in love with each child in my home. I have a great friend in Brian. Jason and I are blessed by our friendship with the Lathams. We are being taken care of job wise. God is providing for us during uncertain times.
PRAYER: In the next few days, I am going to be making some drastic decisions about our lives. Lord please help us make the right decisions for the right reasons. I want to be in Your Will. Nothing else!
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