My Utmost for His Highest
Recognize that God does in fact provide. If we’re focused on our own self-pity, we don’t leave any room for the God of the universe to use us to love someone else.
Conviction, much?
Lately, I’ve been very selfish with my time and energy and I don’t think I like it. Yeah, God is big enough to work through my junk, my crap, and change the world despite the fact that I suck. But that doesn’t make it okay for me to be so selfish.
I’m excited to change this.
I was thinking about my mission in Estonia this summer, and I don’t like that I feel like I’ve been viewing it as an escape. I don’t want to run away to serve and then comeback to be the same as I was before.
I want to leave from a place of worship, from being a servant, to being a servant somewhere else and continue to be a servant when I come back from overseas.
So, I prayed for opportunity and to not be blind to it when it comes my way.
Literally, the next day, I met a homeless man named Rick and I just talked to him. It was funny, because I sat there and thought about talking to him, drove away, and turned around to go talk to him. I thought it was classic that it happened that way.
His name was Rick, from Seattle, who loved the Lord and wanted to read his bible more than he did.
He clearly saw society, and how distant, fake, and just mean people can be. He was broken-hearted and down in his spirits.
He had a ridiculous tan from walking up through south Florida on his way to New York. I told him it was a crazy place to which he said, “isn’t it all?”
Yes, Rick. Yes it is.
It was really beautiful if you ask me.
I’m going into this summer, with the mindset that Rick has. With a clear, open mind, a broken and humbled heart, and a desire to know people and learn more about the God that I love.
Ten days.
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