Time is valuable. We can never get enough of it. We try to plan how we are going to use our time wisely every week, day, and minute as we navigate our time on earth.
We all choose to do vastly different things with it. Spend time with family, friends, careers, traveling, sports, dining out, and everything in between.
This thought can seem like a very “Western” idea though. People in foreign countries don’t have that same luxury sometimes.
For them, it may be working in a field trying to make a dollar a day to feed their family of 5. Working in a brothel because they were sold at a young age and that’s all they know. They could be a little street kid running the streets of a South African market begging for food and money. That same money they are begging for might not be for them. They can and are “employed” by me who make them do it and abuses them physically or sexually if they don’t.
These are hard realities that we may not be comfortable with. Heck, I cringe at the though that in a few short months that I will be going into these places. It makes my heart break hearing about the conditions that I will be going into.
Even though it breaks my heart, my heart also jumps for eternal joy that I will be able to help them. I want to spend my time spreading love, peace, and joy.
Will it be hard to show them love, peace,and joy when I see what is around me? Yes. Do I think every person on this earth deserves to be known and loved by others, and more importantly to know the creator of the universe who came down in the flesh to meet us where we are at? Yes!
That is how I am going to spend the next 11 months of my life. This is how I will spend the rest of my life. Whether it is in Thailand, Honduras, or The USA, I want this message to be shown.
I hope you have the same heart or are able to look into your’s and see there is a need to step back from the hustle of life and look to the interests of others.
We only get one shot at this life. I want to do it striving to show others love. Maybe you want to do the same. Go out and do it then. Love your coworkers and get them coffee. Love your family and call them and see how they are doing. Love that homeless guy and buy him a meal.
Make a change in the world so that we can bring a piece of heaven here and make it better for us. Let the hate be drowned out by our love.
That is why I want to go out on this trip. I want to be someone that does something a bit different. I need your help. I have deadlines approaching. It’s another way to ensure that love peace and joy is shown through the world.
Jesus says to come and follow me and I will you eternal life. I am not promising that but I am promising that I will tell and show people about this good news. You are just as much as a part of this as I am. Tell your friends, family, coworkers, that guy that spells your name wrong at Starbucks, and your church about me.
I am a small town guy with a heart to go across the oceans. I want to go deep into other lives and show them love. Be a part of change and don’t just sit back and let life pass you by.
To donate go to the support me tab and give what is yours to this mission to love others. I still need just under 10,000 more. So pray about how you can help me love people across the world.
