Breaking down Images
What is your picture of a missionary, or someone who answers the call to go to another home and country? Very few people probably envision a couple nearing retirement moving for an open-ended length of time to Africa. It is the time of life to spend some time and money on themselves, right? And of course, people who answer the call don't have large families – too disruptive to too many kids, and too hard to accomplish, right? Well, at our Village of Hope the answer to both would be – Wrong!! Benedict is spending as much energy to follow the call as he ever did when he was younger. And Paul and Ann Rachel Hamelryck from MD are packing up their home, getting things in order and planning to come over in June with 9 of their 10 children to manage all of the construction and train the workers. What a blessing. So if you have reasons why you are not a candidate to do something "radical" for God, you might want to think again. If it really is God's call to you, then no excuse is valid.
posted by Kathleen | 8:16 AM
1 Comments:
Kathleen, I absolutely love this post! Its so encouraging.
A book that really kicked my (and my wife's) butt in gear for the Kingdom was 'Irresistible Revolution' by Shane Claiborne. In it, he talks about about the concept of "ordinary radicals." He says that each one of us Christians has been called to do something radical.
I think too often we use our situation as excuses for why we can't do things, so we just let them slide, but thats just not right. If you believe in an omnipotent God, then He put you in those situation, right? He's the one that gave you 10 kids, so do something for the Kingdom with them, right :)
I have so much more I could say here, but then I would probably transition from a comment, to a whole post here, so I'll reign it in. But seriously, good stuff!
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