Honestly, I am not much of a book reader with the exception of the Bible; but I got a book for my birthday. The book is called Finding Calcutta; one of my friends that I have had since I was 16 years old sent it along with a check for the trip so I thought since she sent the book I should probably read it.
In the amazing flurry of trip details, doctors appointments, fundraisers and the like I have managed to get to page 42 which is a miracle for me. The book is about Mother Theresa and her work and service to the Lord. A few things really have struck me so far; one of my favorite prayers is Lord decrease me and increase you and a quote from Mother Theresa in the book says that the more we empty our focus on ourselves, the more he can fill us. Now the next thing that grabbed my attention gave me a new perspective in all areas:
From an interview of Mother Theresa
If we did not believe that this work was the body of Christ, we would never be able to do this work. No amount of money could make us do it. It is he whom we reach in the people who are unwanted,unemployed,uncared for; they seem useless to society, nobody has time for them. It is just you and I who must find them and help them. Often we pass them without seeing them. But they are there for the finding.
From the Author
I began to think how differently I would work if I truly saw each person I met as a hungry, hurting Christ. What if every time someone came to me with a problem, I responded as Christ himself had approached me ? What if I saw everyone all day long as in need of a touch from God, and what if I were yielded enough that God could actually use me to give his touch ?
I am taking this second part as a personal challenge; to see every person and to hear every person as if they are Christ himself. Won’t you join me ? Imagine the lives it could change including your own.
