This started as an email to my sister… and I would up inspiring
myself to blog…..
Sister and Nephew
We are in Cambodia at the moment! It is really difficult here! This is by far the most developing
nation i have been to so far! There is construction everywhere
and poverty abounds much more than anywhere i have been. I feel
so fortunate to be here! It is helping me see how good I have
it in some ways and how screwed up I am in others! These people
truly have nothing but relationships! Friendship means so much
to them and material things mean nothing because it is so far beyond
their grasp. It makes me realize how much my priorities are all
screwed up!
At the end of the day I realize Jesus
was correct… shocker I know. But, He said that the stuff we
accumulate in our life time can not go to heaven… so why store up
earthly possessions?(Brad
Translation) I know that my relationships and the love I
have for people will make it through the eternal fire! I want
my life to be about loving people! Not in a dirty Christian
cliche “I love people”… but to genuinely love people. I
have been asking God to show me how to see people as He sees them.
That is difficult cause he loves everyone as they are and knows their
life history, what affects them, and what has shaped their lives.
I have been thinking about how Jesus told what the greatest
commandments are. He said, First love God. The
second is like the first, love everyone like you love yourself.(Brad
Translation) The second is like the first!
Think about that for a moment! To love others is like loving God. I
would take it a step farther and say it is the same as the first! If
we love people we are loving God because God lives in everyone.
He said what you have done to the least of these you have done unto
me! He is inside us and we can love Him by loving people, and
we can love people by loving Him. It is so simple… yet so
difficult!
was correct… shocker I know. But, He said that the stuff we
accumulate in our life time can not go to heaven… so why store up
earthly possessions?(Brad
Translation) I know that my relationships and the love I
have for people will make it through the eternal fire! I want
my life to be about loving people! Not in a dirty Christian
cliche “I love people”… but to genuinely love people. I
have been asking God to show me how to see people as He sees them.
That is difficult cause he loves everyone as they are and knows their
life history, what affects them, and what has shaped their lives.
I have been thinking about how Jesus told what the greatest
commandments are. He said, First love God. The
second is like the first, love everyone like you love yourself.(Brad
Translation) The second is like the first!
Think about that for a moment! To love others is like loving God. I
would take it a step farther and say it is the same as the first! If
we love people we are loving God because God lives in everyone.
He said what you have done to the least of these you have done unto
me! He is inside us and we can love Him by loving people, and
we can love people by loving Him. It is so simple… yet so
difficult!
Jesus also said that if you want to be
first you need to make yourself last. Loving people means preferring
them more than yourself! This is where the rubber meets the road!
Loving people is a choice and a commitment… not to say loving
people is hard. It is easy when you have the Fathers heart. Yet,
loving people means you have to die to yourself ensuring they are
taken care of first! Love in its purest form always makes others more
important than you.
first you need to make yourself last. Loving people means preferring
them more than yourself! This is where the rubber meets the road!
Loving people is a choice and a commitment… not to say loving
people is hard. It is easy when you have the Fathers heart. Yet,
loving people means you have to die to yourself ensuring they are
taken care of first! Love in its purest form always makes others more
important than you.
