We are called to be like Christ. That is why we are called Christians. Christian means little Christ. We are called to Love the Lord our God first with all our heart, all our soul, all our mind and all our strength first and second to love our neighbor as ourselves. Basically treat everyone around you better than yourself. The greatest gift we can give is our time to others. Whether it's just helping a neighbor clean up their yard or shovel their driveway. It really doesn't matter the quantity as much as the quality. Don't give $10 to someone who doesn't need it, give it to the guy on the street or a non-profit that needs all the help you can get.
Religion is basically when we put more stock into following traditions or people instead of Jesus. I love when Pastor Eric says that we should all stop playing church and be the church and "it's always just about Jesus".
Get involved in something even if it's one a month I guarantee you will start looking forward to it. Find something that you love to do. Helping kids or battered women or just helping out in your community. Helping people should not be a task it should be voluntary and loving. Jesus always went to people that needed help.
We are here to help each other not hurt each other. Follow Jesus' example and help those that need it most. Get the guy with the drinking problem some recovery. Jesus loved people and was not afraid to be a servant, and so we should not be either. Help others instead of sitting on some sort of religious pedestal looking down on people. We are all people no one is better than anyone else. We are a nation of much and we should be helping those with little.
When I go to heaven I want to Lord to say to me well done good and faithful servant. That is what I will work towards everyday in every aspect of my life. I will do what ever I can to help people less fortunate than I and try to help save as many lost and broken people as I can.
Friday, April 29, 2011
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
On A Mission
Why are you going to Haiti when there is so much bad here? This is a question I have heard from many people including some in my families.
I am going to Haiti because that is where God called me to help.
I am supposed to go to Haiti. Don't believe me?
We had an informational meeting on March 12 at church about going on a mission trip to Haiti. Our church sponsors an orphanage there and I thought well maybe I could go. We were told that we needed $1000 on the following Tuesday, yes in three days. I thought well maybe I can get a loan out of my 401k in time nope that couldn't happen that quick. So I thought well I guess it's not meant to be this year. Well, the day before we needed to have the money in we received a check in the mail for $937 from our insurance company as a refund. Now I know that some of you would say so what you were supposed to get that check any way. Well, maybe but it came a day before I needed it for something big and I think that's a big sign that I am supposed to go.
Some of you say that more help is needed here. I would say no. These people in Haiti don't have fresh water, or schools they CAN go to or shelter. I am going to help build the orphanage so they have shelter, help them to get fresh water. Because of the earthquake this country is a mess and there are many of us that have felt a tug on our heart to help people that desperately need it.
As Christians we are called to help people in need no matter where we go, so it shouldn't matter that I am helping another country. It should just matter that I am helping people that need it.
Some of the people that are ripping me for going don't volunteer or donate at all. How dare you call me out on going to help people when you aren't doing anything at all. You have no right to judge me period, let alone for helping another country that needs our help more than we do.
The average person in Haiti makes less than $2 a day. We give away more than that in healthcare assistance, childcare assistance, financial aid (yes those of you who received financial aid received more in that than most people in Haiti make in a few years or more) and food assistance. There are so many avenues of help here from our government it blows me away how much money we give out to people who don't WANT to work or go to school. These wonderful people in Haiti want to work and want to go to school. It's amazing what we take for granted and waste here in the good ole USA. I love my country I am thankful for many things including freedom, but the amount of money thrown away and/or kept to ourselves is ridiculous. You say it's your money, I say no it's God's money. Without the way he made you, you wouldn't have the job, education, family and money you have.
I want to help people IN NEED and I was given this OPPORTUNITY to help people in desperate need.
This is a blessing and a gift for me to go there. I love that my wife is not only supporting me in this but she also is sacrificing her time and our money so that I can go and share Jesus and do what ever I can for these wonderful people. I would give anything so that I could go on more mission trips and not only share the word of Jesus with many people, but help them with their needs and become self sufficient. We were made to love each other and help each other, especially those who are in more need than ourselves.
This is going to be an amazing trip for the people we meet and the ten of us going. I have heard this will change our lives more than it will change theirs.
You shall be called repairer of the breach, the restorer of streets to dwell in. Isaiah 58:12
Don't pretend to love others. Really love them. Hate what is wrong. Hold tightly to what is good. Romans 12:9
The Lord will show me exactly why he wants me to go to Haiti, and it will change my life forever. I am truly blessed to be afforded this opportunity.
I am going to Haiti because that is where God called me to help.
I am supposed to go to Haiti. Don't believe me?
We had an informational meeting on March 12 at church about going on a mission trip to Haiti. Our church sponsors an orphanage there and I thought well maybe I could go. We were told that we needed $1000 on the following Tuesday, yes in three days. I thought well maybe I can get a loan out of my 401k in time nope that couldn't happen that quick. So I thought well I guess it's not meant to be this year. Well, the day before we needed to have the money in we received a check in the mail for $937 from our insurance company as a refund. Now I know that some of you would say so what you were supposed to get that check any way. Well, maybe but it came a day before I needed it for something big and I think that's a big sign that I am supposed to go.
Some of you say that more help is needed here. I would say no. These people in Haiti don't have fresh water, or schools they CAN go to or shelter. I am going to help build the orphanage so they have shelter, help them to get fresh water. Because of the earthquake this country is a mess and there are many of us that have felt a tug on our heart to help people that desperately need it.
As Christians we are called to help people in need no matter where we go, so it shouldn't matter that I am helping another country. It should just matter that I am helping people that need it.
Some of the people that are ripping me for going don't volunteer or donate at all. How dare you call me out on going to help people when you aren't doing anything at all. You have no right to judge me period, let alone for helping another country that needs our help more than we do.
The average person in Haiti makes less than $2 a day. We give away more than that in healthcare assistance, childcare assistance, financial aid (yes those of you who received financial aid received more in that than most people in Haiti make in a few years or more) and food assistance. There are so many avenues of help here from our government it blows me away how much money we give out to people who don't WANT to work or go to school. These wonderful people in Haiti want to work and want to go to school. It's amazing what we take for granted and waste here in the good ole USA. I love my country I am thankful for many things including freedom, but the amount of money thrown away and/or kept to ourselves is ridiculous. You say it's your money, I say no it's God's money. Without the way he made you, you wouldn't have the job, education, family and money you have.
I want to help people IN NEED and I was given this OPPORTUNITY to help people in desperate need.
This is a blessing and a gift for me to go there. I love that my wife is not only supporting me in this but she also is sacrificing her time and our money so that I can go and share Jesus and do what ever I can for these wonderful people. I would give anything so that I could go on more mission trips and not only share the word of Jesus with many people, but help them with their needs and become self sufficient. We were made to love each other and help each other, especially those who are in more need than ourselves.
This is going to be an amazing trip for the people we meet and the ten of us going. I have heard this will change our lives more than it will change theirs.
You shall be called repairer of the breach, the restorer of streets to dwell in. Isaiah 58:12
Don't pretend to love others. Really love them. Hate what is wrong. Hold tightly to what is good. Romans 12:9
The Lord will show me exactly why he wants me to go to Haiti, and it will change my life forever. I am truly blessed to be afforded this opportunity.
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