Today, the team of CSCS students that went on a mission trip to Haiti did an incredible presentation in Chapel. I was inspired by the work they did over there and was heart-broken over the poverty, occult, number of orphans, starvation and death in such a small place. I wanted to go right then and there to serve in Haiti. As I thought about this, God struck me upside the head and here is what He taught me.Many Christians go on mission trips. Some say mission trips take a lot of courage, which is true. But what takes even more courage is recognizing there is a mission field is everywhere we go. In fact, CSCS is a mission field. If I have to wait to raise money and go somewhere special on a mission field, then am I really spreading the love of God like I should be?
If I have to go to another country to get a spiritual high, then is my walk with God really as good as I think? If I am worried about all the third world coutnries of the world without seeing the incredible spiritual and emotional poverty even in the halls of my school and walking through the doors of my church, do I understand true evangelism?
I think the answer has to be no. We can be excited about evangelism every momen and everyday of our lives. The truth is that only about 10% of Christians will be invovled with evangelism throughout their lives; and only 10% of these will dedicate their lives to full time missions in the states or abroad.
In spite of this, God has called me to love Him and love others everywhere I go. Every class I teach is a chance to witness. Every moment of hurt I glimpse in someone else's life is an opportunity to stamp out some sort of poverty. I pray that I would see CSCS, the Springs, Colorado, the United States and the entire World as a mission field.
-Tharp-
Jonah 2:2
5 comments:
I agree. If you need to go on missions trips just to be with God, then you don't really have a good relationship with God. You should always feel that way with your Creator.
MD
I have been thinking almost the exact same thing today. I thought it would be so amazing to go on a mission trip out of country, and then I realized there are so many places here that we can be reaching out too. If only we just look around!
Tori
I loved how they were TOTALLY speaking from their hearts that day. Jerry H's video was comepletely AWESOME. It really touched me, especially since one of my family's compassion children is from Haiti (her name is Pharra) and now I can pray for her more specifically. :) thank you Haiti presentation!!
~Kels~
p/s wow my smiley looks really messed up...
Not sure where to post this but I wanted to ask if anyone has heard of National Clicks?
Can someone help me find it?
Overheard some co-workers talking about it all week but didn't have time to ask so I thought I would post it here to see if someone could help me out.
Seems to be getting alot of buzz right now.
Thanks
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