Another thing I love about the prep for a trip like this is hearing the questions people ask.
What is it that would have you leave the things you love for 5 months to go half way across the world sleep in tent and work with people you don’t even know ???
My Jesus that is what (My Muse)
A muse is loosely defined as something or someone that inspires you and as with every muse there is a reason they are your inspiration.
Yesterday, I was looking at the photos of the kids from Burma that I have from the trip and I asked myself the question, what is it that would have these kids believe in Jesus after seeing their parents burned alive or raped ? .It is almost as if God answered me right on the spot. These children have a hope that they will see their parents in Heaven someday and what a day of rejoicing that will be. Of course that is not their only reason I am certain but you can see this one in their eyes.
For me I would have to say it is knowing that whatever is set before me Jesus went before me and whatever pain or discomfort I feel he has already been there, he knows it, he sees it and he stops it…the pain won’t last forever. For me I want to share with these women and children; the victims of the trafficking the ones that are sick with Aids, the ones that feel suicidal, the ones that feel shame beyond measure, and the ones who feel like it is night all the time that God is not done with them yet and that he has a plan and a purpose for their lives. Even to share with them that Jesus to was rejected by his family …for different reasons of course but look at the purpose he came to serve. This knowing is my muse it is what keeps me going and it is what keeps me keeping on.
You have to know why you believe what you believe beyond a shadow of a doubt because if you don’t nobody else will either.
