Jason and I have decided that to keep our Marriage strong and connected that we would, each day read a portion of a book (any book) and talk about it, and think about what it means to each of us. Our first book was Love and War by John and Staci Eldredge. From there, we decided to read The Hole in the Gospel by Richard Stearns. We have not yet, at this point, finished reading this book. But I wanted to touch a little bit about how this book is transforming our view of our world, our faith, and our Gospel. We read a couple of chapters so far where both of us are in tears. Jason barely being able to read aloud through his tears. And me blowing my nose and hardly hearing what comes next. The stories Richard told today, about children in the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda broke both of our hearts. We just could not comprehend the horror’s that go on halfway across the world. We can not leave today without some action though. As much as that story broke my heart, I wanted to leap up from the table, and book airline tickets and help out the organization that is recovering the souls of the children effected by this tradegy.
Although that is not a very real possibility for me to do that right now, it was what my heart wanted me to do. Richard talks about Matthew 25:31-46 and really made that gospel mean something. Did we serve Jesus while living out this life? Did we feed the poor, visit the imprisoned, take in the stranger? Are we serving the least of these? If we are then we are serving Jesus. Becoming a Christian does not mean just accepting that Jesus was the Son of God and that he died so that we may have life. (Yes that is part of it) But it’s not the whole story. It’s not the whole Gospel. The Whole Gospel means that we need to serve the poor, hungry, sick, imprisoned people. And that is what living this life and living it to the fullest is all about. - Serving.
Our works alone don’t get us into heaven. But our faith coupled with works is how we need to be living. I am going to be praying for God to open the oppurtunities for this life to serve the least. And I’m going to be making calls today to get started. - If you have any suggestions, let me know. I would love to include my whole family as well as serve separately. Leave a comment below if you know of any organizations that I could serve the poor. Thanks!
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Did you know I went to school with his daugher? I remember when they moved and left a very cushy life to go across the country and work for world vision. I’ve always been really inspired by his story. There is an article about him in guideposts magazine this past month…I don’t know if it is online but you should check it out. Miss you.
Wow! That’s pretty awesome! His book and testimony is amazing. Looking forward to getting together with you soon! Miss you too.
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