Humble

Humble

The sunset looks pretty today;
Closing golden arms around a landscape hushed by evening,
Running pink fingertips over houses made home
By families, couples, the elderly, by one.
The hum of the washing machine cleans clothes dirtied by living;
Run the iron over creases, hang the shirt for work tomorrow,
Spread butter right to the edges, we might not notice,
But we’ll know.
So many hours spent between our windows of reality.
Outside, above, far away,
The clouds pass by too quickly.

Eternal Home

God's eternal nature is contrasted with peoples frailty. Our time on earth is limited and we are to use it wisely, not living for the moment, but with our eternal home in mind. We take a lot of things for granite in life, we live each day without a care for tomorrow. We put our efforts into "stuff", how much "stuff" can we attain and how much "stuff" can we accomplish. We want, want, want for the now, now, now. We just live for the moment. Yes, I am sure that we sometimes think of our eternity and where we will spend it, but do we take the road to make sure that God has a stronghold in our life? There are passions that we have, for some it is facebook, hours of tweeting, sports that we cant get enough of, attaining mass wealth, shopping, what ever our crutch is, we lean on it way to much. Again, we live for the now. We can only take our souls with us when we die, nothing else matters. We need to pray for wisdom so that we may live more wisely, to open our eyes and look upon eternity with a new luster, to desire our eternal home and not on the things of this earth. David said, "create in me a clean heart oh God, and renew a right spirit within me". He was a man after the things of God, let us learn a lesson from David, lets get new priorities, lets seek God and our eternal home.

Missionary to follow.

I have recently  met a missionary from Nicaragua by the name of Jed Brien, he has recently come to the states with his troupe of 15 youth to minister to communities with their powerful message and their artistic dance crew. I had a chance to go out to lunch with them yesterday. I learned quite a bit on their vision and some of the struggles that they have faced along the way. I only wish I had more time with them cause I had so many questions to ask and they were so intrigueing. I am however saddened by the state of mind that some of the people in nicuragua are in and some of the calamities that these young adults have gone through. It is amazing how they have overcome adversity, and their hearts are now on fire and their faith is rekindled. It is not until you hear some of the storys that you realize how lucky we are and how blessed we can be. I sat through two performances of this tricked out dance crew and was blown away by the raw talent that was displayed before me. Jed and his group will be traveling from community to community, from church to church displaying the love of Christ and emitting it to all the people that they come in contact with. They are stepping out completely in faith that God will provide for all their needs. They have a powerful message and some great storys to tell along the way.


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