American Prosperity or Christian Suffering
Alright, here is one thing that I know God is working on me with: American prosperity or Christian suffering. I desire so much to live a simplistic life, full of giving and love. But it is so hard to live this life in America, because everyone around me is pushing me to go, learn, earn, and get. They want me to go and do something I don’t want to do. And I am hearing this from mostly Christians!
They tell me,
You can earn a six digit income.
And what I want to scream to them all is,
I DONT WANT THAT!
I simply don’t want that.
I don’t want plenty for this world, I want plenty for the coming world!
I want to bring that world to this world, in the spirit of people.
I want God to be so in me, that all I desire is to give of myself so much in order for people to come to the Lord that I would die with the suffering for this gospel, that Christ would LIVE, BE, SO ENCOMPASS IN others and me, that nothing else would suffice.
That is all.
According to God’s will, let it be so.
Iraq & trafficking
Now you can see some effects of war, some effects of hatred, some effects of poverty… in Iraq, where we are supposed to be helping…
We need to pray for all of these who are being used for others pleasures, for them to find freedom and peace and Christ.
Visit love146.org if you’d like to give to aid these people!
give & find
I always come back to something I had written in my journal when I first arrived to the Philippines: ‘When God plants a dream in your heart, that becomes my purpose, my focus and what I gather all my energies to achieve. I used to think that sacrifice meant giving up or not being able to do things I really wanted to do. Sacrifice to make my dreams come true is not a negative, but a positive. It allows me to clear the clutter in my life that would stand in my way of being and doing what is God’s best for my life. My life must be held before God with an open hand. If I desire to fulfill God’s will for my life, regardless of the price, I must give myself completely to Him. I want to life my life in such a way that when and if I grow old, I can look back and say: ‘I did not hold back from God, I gave Him all of myself as best as I could have done. He did that and more for me.
- Christina Di Stefano Davis from her book, Totally Surrounded.
[from a post by Coralie Schulman]
Give of yourself, and you will find it.
