You can tell more about someone by what other people say about them, than what they say about themselves. – unknown
I spent last week in the beautiful city of Antigua, Guatemala and someone asked me this very question: what do I want to be known for? While I was thinking, there were a million responses that came to mind. I want to be known for God of course, but what is God? God is love. So my answer to this question is I want to be known by my love.
What does this really look like though? How can I be known by my love and change others through that love? What would it look like if we lived in such a way where people could literally see God’s love in us and pouring out of our lives?
This is what God is currently teaching me how to be known by his love inside of me and how to honor and love everyone I come in contact with. People are changed when you believe in them, you see them for where they are and through the Lord’s eyes, and when you call them up into more righteousness.
This month I am going to be living in Chiang Mai, Thailand and I will be working with another team from my squad named Wreckonciled. We are going to be working with Lighthouse Ministries spending our time with and loving on college age individuals. We will also be working with a lot of homosexuals, prostitutes in the bars, and possibly helping out with a local coffee shop during the day. This month I want the people that we are working with to know we know Jesus simply by our love. You can never motivate out of condemnation, and so my heart’s prayer is that the Lord will show me how to love like he loves, break my heart for what breaks his, and give me his eyes to see the beauty in every person and thing he has created.
This month I am praying that the Lord will teach me how to live by :
Galatians 5:6 The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.
I want to say thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone for all of your prayers and support. This trip would not be possible without them. If you would like to still partner with me in what God is doing for his kingdom please click on the support button on the left hand side of the screen. I still am in need of 2,500 dollars to be fully funded on this race and have I a deadline of July 1, 2011! Praise God for everything he has already done and everything that he is going to do. Thanks everyone!
