UPDATES AND THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY
First of all, it's been a while, blah, blah, blah....so I am now a recommended brown belt, 3 more tests til black belt. I have gone from 399.6 to 354.4 lbs now, and am on track to be at 300 by the 1/2 marathon April 26. So that's that.
I started reading "Irresistable Revolution" by Shane Claiborne, and it has been messing with me. I'm up at 5 AM reading about Mother Teresa and work with homelss and lepers in Calcutta, and Shane talking about looking for an authentic Christian, just randomly calling Mother Teresa on the phone and doing a summer internship there......who does that? Later I'm driving to work, listening to a new song I'm learning for praise band at church, "Mighty to Save", and I'm sitting in my car, tears running down my face, listineing to the Hillsong folks sing "Shine your light and let the whole world see, for the glory of the risen King".....wow, I've just been struck with my own complacency today.....not only do I take God for granted by often not fully grasping the gravity of the words I sing to Him, but I have neglected the simple but difficult call to "shine my light", and go about my life trying to make a difference for the Kingdom, doing all I can to help those who have need to meet their need, and for those in need of a Savior to find Him. I'm lazy, and I find myself wanting to say, "you can't beat yourself up for not moving to Calcutta or something". Can't I? Shouldn't I?
Not that God has only one place to serve- Mother Teresa said that there were "Calcuttas" everywhere, wherever there was need. We have a whole world in need, and need even in our affluent little burg, and yet I find myself content to sing my songs of love and sacrifice, yet not only do I not sacrifice or love ACTIVELY, but often I don't even take the time to ask myself if I know or agree with what I'm singing. "My God is mighty to save". That's true. "He rose and conquered the grave". True. "Everyone needs compassion, love that's never failing". True.....so true. What am I doing about that? What are we doing about that?
