Oy, I have a lot on my brain these days. Know that if I'm ever slow to blog, it is not for lack of content but lack of time/focus. In this case, I have gobs of time but zero focus. My heart is all over the place.
Heavy with the weight of the world, disasters, famine, shake-people-by-their-lapels RIDICULOUSNESS of our rage-inducing politicos and their supporters all over the news lately. (Seriously? Cheering the death penalty? Cheering about the uninsured not having access to life-saving care?) Stressed that 3 teens were shot a few blocks from our apartment on Monday at 7:30 pm. Right over at a corner where we are frequently seen walking AugDog around that time. Right SMACK across the street from our beloved friend's new apartment. Hearing about impossible situations facing people in our church, and others that we love in the Big Family of Jesus. What can we do about this stuff? What can I do?
Roommate and I were talking last night about the nay-sayers who insist that one person cannot make a difference. That it doesn't matter if you recycle, donate, increase your charitable contributions (unless you are a gabillionaire), use cloth napkins, or write to your Congress person. It doesn't matter. The problems are too big, and society is too entrenched. Even if every person I know writes a letter to the President asking him to please make Somalia a priority. Even if all of my friends, and all of your friends, and all of their friends resolve to give up plastic bags for the rest of their lives. Even if every person in every church took the Bible seriously when it says that we are to carry one another's burdens..... Oh... wait... maybe that WOULD make a difference.
Anyway. Strange little opportunities have come up out of no where lately, and I've decided to take them. Prayerfully. Opportunities to change small things about the way I think, or speak, or shop, or give. And some opportunities that have come up after talking with a couple of the pastors at our church about all this angst. Here's a little bit of advice: If you ask someone (God, a pastor, your friends, someone in your family) if they can think of any ways you can serve, all of a sudden ideas will start popping up all over the place. So be ready. Will any of these things make a huge cosmic difference? I don't know. I hope so. Or maybe they will just make a difference in me.
1 comment:
before I even finished reading I was saying like you wrote at the end...it is for YOU!! (US!!)we do it not b/c we are promised we will change anything...but b/c HE will change us and it is all HIS work anyway - we just need to trust that what He tells us is for our sanctification AND to love a hurting world. That is all we need to run like crazy into loving and serving and going to demonstrate His glory!! Love you sister- excited about what is next for you!
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