The Lord has been teaching me about how loving Him and loving His people is truly what it is all about.
It is actually pretty simple, yet pretty profound.
Hey, and I would go as far as saying that it is pretty darn fun.
This month, we pretty much wake up every morning and ask God what He wants us to do that day. And every time He pretty much has said that He wants us to love his people well and to get to know His people in Greece. To make people feel valued and appreciated and seen because, of course, He wants His people to feel that way. So what do we do?
We pass out peanut butter and jelly sandwiches to the homeless.
We buy a corn on the cobb and chat to the corn vendor for 30 minutes.
We talk to drug addicts in the park.
We buy a birthday present for a drug addict’s 5 year old daughter.
We offer free conversation so people can feel just a little less lonely around here.
We even encourage each other because serving those we live with and are friends with is kind of important too.
One of the biggest things I have learned from this is that this is what every day should look like. To be honest, I don’t plan on making a life as a long term missionary overseas. And that’s okay because nobody needs to go abroad to make a difference.
Despite what Instagram tells you, most of our lives DON’T look like a grand adventure. But I firmly believe that you are where you are because the Lord wants work to be done that is only yours to do.
You don’t need an organized ministry or even big scheme. You just need the perspective that says, “I’m less concerned about how to serve myself today and more concerned with how to serve those around me.”
“If God is clear about one thing, it’s this: What is good, true, right, and just will last. Everything else wont. God points us in the direction of these things and whispers go, love, serve, help, clothe, and feed. […] Draw a one-hundred-foot circle around yourself and go love everyone inside it.”
