full.
get out of america...and get checked back into reality.
we live in america...and think we have a divine right to security, stability, and health. this is not true for the majority in the rest of the world.
i'm pretty secure. i know food will be placed in front of me the next time the clock rolls around letting me know it's time to eat again. the bills will get paid... it's not really a question. if i get in any sort of trouble financially...i am certain my parents would be able to help me. dang....we are all spoiled little americans. we think the gov't should take care of us if we can't ourselves. we think we're entitled to sooo dang much.
i overused the word 'dang' in my last post. it was late. and i was upset. i just couldn't believe a movie was actually made w/ the premise that this one was. and john cusack was in it too! people enjoyed this film. didn't it make others feel like crap?? i'm off that soapbox.
this week at church we are having our mission conference. brad buser is speaking. it was pretty sweet tonight as he shared the story about how he shared the gospel with a tribe in papua new guinea. they were there 3 years before they ever started sharing from the bible. and then...it took them 5 months to build up to jesus christ...and then another 2 months to reach the DAY they shared about the death and resurrection of Jesus. at this point...they stopped. and all decisions made from that point weren't prompted. this was simply the response of the people after to listening to 7 months of teaching from Genesis 1-3...and a bit of the life of Jesus. it seems that these people that sat under this teaching had a fuller understanding of the gospel than we do as americans. they saw their depravity...and knew the deserved hell before God's plan of redemption through Christ was ever presented to them. they sat through many months without knowing the answer...not being able to see how they could get to the one who had created them. but, then the answer was revealed in Jesus. i think that's incredible. how sweet to hear this story...and think of the different people that long to hear this story...but no one to share w/ them.
i sat in the audience and cried. and this was before the thing started. i cried...b/c i want to go. but, i am scared. i don't want to go alone. and i am struggling to trust that God will provide for me if he desires for me to go. it's silly to go as a single female...isn't it? what the heck should i do w/ my life?
but..it's not about me. it's NOT! oh...that i would realize this! may i get out of america and get my thoughts readjusted. i don't ever want to be comfortable here. NO! please....God...don't let me get comfortable here. i want to be used for your purposes....wherever that leads me.
sharpen my brain to understand different cultures...and to understand the gospel within them. oh...give me that confidence in you.
we live in america...and think we have a divine right to security, stability, and health. this is not true for the majority in the rest of the world.
i'm pretty secure. i know food will be placed in front of me the next time the clock rolls around letting me know it's time to eat again. the bills will get paid... it's not really a question. if i get in any sort of trouble financially...i am certain my parents would be able to help me. dang....we are all spoiled little americans. we think the gov't should take care of us if we can't ourselves. we think we're entitled to sooo dang much.
i overused the word 'dang' in my last post. it was late. and i was upset. i just couldn't believe a movie was actually made w/ the premise that this one was. and john cusack was in it too! people enjoyed this film. didn't it make others feel like crap?? i'm off that soapbox.
this week at church we are having our mission conference. brad buser is speaking. it was pretty sweet tonight as he shared the story about how he shared the gospel with a tribe in papua new guinea. they were there 3 years before they ever started sharing from the bible. and then...it took them 5 months to build up to jesus christ...and then another 2 months to reach the DAY they shared about the death and resurrection of Jesus. at this point...they stopped. and all decisions made from that point weren't prompted. this was simply the response of the people after to listening to 7 months of teaching from Genesis 1-3...and a bit of the life of Jesus. it seems that these people that sat under this teaching had a fuller understanding of the gospel than we do as americans. they saw their depravity...and knew the deserved hell before God's plan of redemption through Christ was ever presented to them. they sat through many months without knowing the answer...not being able to see how they could get to the one who had created them. but, then the answer was revealed in Jesus. i think that's incredible. how sweet to hear this story...and think of the different people that long to hear this story...but no one to share w/ them.
i sat in the audience and cried. and this was before the thing started. i cried...b/c i want to go. but, i am scared. i don't want to go alone. and i am struggling to trust that God will provide for me if he desires for me to go. it's silly to go as a single female...isn't it? what the heck should i do w/ my life?
but..it's not about me. it's NOT! oh...that i would realize this! may i get out of america and get my thoughts readjusted. i don't ever want to be comfortable here. NO! please....God...don't let me get comfortable here. i want to be used for your purposes....wherever that leads me.
sharpen my brain to understand different cultures...and to understand the gospel within them. oh...give me that confidence in you.
posted by lp at 7:24 PM
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Again, the proposition still stands for a roommate in Ukraine. Just sayin. :-)
I don't see why you couldn't take online classes while in Ukraine. And, I don't know about the Russian, you'd have to ask. We take classes there, and they are all about people learning Ukrainian if you're living in Ukraine. Don't know.
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