Ive been wanting to update this blog ever since my last post, but ever since then i have had a terrible time compartmentalizing my thoughts into something readable. i hope that means God is producing something in me that will overflow into some form of definite action with a clear purpose and goal.
That action will contain the following--
- loving the Lord God with my soul, heart and mind
- responsibility for what my own life will/can look like
- giving my abundance to those who are without
This mobile trip Im on is solidifying the work and revelation God is doing in me, as well as a book Im reading by Richard Stearns that is de-glossing the glamour that can sometimes come with a life of serving the poor (how sad that we have turned it into that, but there is no doubt that "do gooding" has a saint-like halo around it). In other words, reality is kicking in. Lately Ive been praying for nothing more than constant realization of reality and the brief duration of this life and how I can make it worthwhile.
Jumbled thoughts. But that has been my mind for the past month!
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What book is it by Richard Stearns?
And i agree with the glamorization bit. i still can't shake it. it will probably take long term service in a poverty stricken country to eventually separate me from the "glamour" of serving the poor.
It's "The Hole In Our Gospel". It's really great. Someone else I highly recommend is Scott Bessenecker. He wrote that book we both read, The New Friars. But he has a new one out about submitting ourselves to a God of servitude. And he blogs. I think you'd really appreciate what he has to say.
Yeah i have it! (The Stearns one) i am just trying to find time to read it right now.
And i saw that Bessenecker had released a new book. And actually i just bookmarked that blog like a week ago, maybe it's a sign that i should really get into reading his stuff!
i was praying for you this morning, about your mobil-heart and how perfect this would fit here. hope you are praying still for it too. love you and miss you.
the german
PS: take what luke wrote on his blog serious and come. god is good. he will provide.
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