In honor of the Canadian thanksgiving !!
What I am thankful for this month.
I’m thankful for perspective and so far this month I have gone through such a change in the way I see, feel, and react to situations. I’m so thankful for new perspective and at the same time it hits me pretty hard that it takes changing the country you live in, culture you partake in, and poverty you see to change your perspective. For some people its a near death experience or for others it could be having things taken away from you to create a new perspective on life. For me it was coming to the Philippines….
The way I see things-
I see everyone around me living on less than 2 dollars a day.
I see people constantly affected by flooding, sickness and crime.
I see kids begging for money and burning coal all day,when they should be in school,playing games and being loved.
I see men and women selling themselves for sex because the lack of education and love they have never received. Which makes them believe it’s the only way to survive and receive affection.
The way I feel-
I feel convicted for what I have and have made myself think I need and deserve.
I feel blessed to have grown up with amazing parents who love me and to have a government that can help take care if my basic health needs.
I feel like I’ve never understood more the hope and comfort that comes with putting your faith into something unseen. When you look around and see the depression, poverty and sickness and feel helpless you realize you have come to share with these people the life they deserve.. The life waiting for them.
It is when the eyes go past the good deeds and material blessings and when they focus on the root behind and they see the love that is available for them to receive. That will only come from hearing and seeing, which comes from going and displaying to them that same love I have been given.
Romans 10:14-15
The way I react-
I am truly THANKFUL !
I do not want to live my life anymore being a hearer and not doer of the word of God.
James1:22
I don’t want to have a faith that’s dead.
James 2:17
Or worry that I will never have the things I need.
Philippians 4:19
I’m tired of feeling like ministry is my job and I have an obligation to share the gospel because I’m a Christian. I want the world to know who I am in love with because it’s to much and to good for me to keep to myself and so there is no right time or schedule to plan what I want to share. I want to be ready always.
2 Timothy 4:2
I’m done feeling like I am never ready, unqualified and not equipped for this life have been chosen for.
Because I am chosen
Isaiah 41:9
And I am equipped! John 14:16
