Rethink

God you are showing me over and over again that this is something that I CANNOT ignore. A call on my heart that I need to intercede! I need to be more present in what is going on around the world.

I can no longer sit bored and idly while people are dying, because I am knowledgeable of what is going on, yet I chose to sit on my butt, sitting for mindless hours in front of my computer, tv, phone, ANYTHING but choosing to fight back.

To fight back for the justice that I can chose into making a change. To partner with what God is already doing. That I don’t have to fight it on my own, but I can be apart of a world change!

That we have the POWER to move. We have the power to DO.

That the time is now. You are calling us, and have always called us to be movers, doers, and disciple the nations…which requires us to do more than just “be.”

Why do we do this? Why do we sit back with the KNOWLEDGE of what is going on around us? Because we are LAZY, SELFISH, and so easily cold-shouldered, because thank God it isn’t happening to us right?

Thank God that we aren’t the ones who have to lose our house because of an earthquake, or since our family can’t support their addictions, they have to sell our daughter into prostitution, thank God that we don’t wake up every morning fearing for our lives because we are of a certain tribe…

Thank God, huh?

That His blessing is still here, that it is still upon us. That we don’t have to worry because He just loves this nation so much He holds back His wrath.

WRONG.

THIS IS WRONG.

We live as though we are untouchable. But more so than that, we live as if we aren’t RESPONSIBLE. That somehow God allows us to know all these injustices, but then wants us to spend 3 hours a day of facebook instead of fighting on behalf of His children. OUR brothers and sisters.

Hmm. our brothers and sisters?

When we put it into those words, wouldn’t you fight for your siblings? Wouldn’t you want that injustice against family TO STOP.

Well, they are, we are family.

So where does that leave us? That leaves us completely dependent on the goodness and glory of God, that we are in DESPERATE need of our Father. We are in total need of His wisdom.

Some things to chew on for the week. You can join me in that one J

Here are two of the videos that just wrecked my heart.

I Heart Revolution: Courtesy of Will during our DTS focus time

A Call to Anguish: Courtesy of Taylor, love the challenges he gives.

Update!

Ok, so it is about that time again where I really should have blogged a month ago, but I am quickly learning that it drains me, BUT YOU ARE WORTH IT! And time is so scarce here. I am blessed to have you as family, friends, supporters… and so I pray that as I write this, it blesses your heart.

So we are 23 days now away from going on outreach! As some of you might know, I am going to ISREAL AND ETHIPOIA!! And we are not entirely sure what we are doing yet, I know working with prostitutes, orphans, and helping in the community as much as we can. Because we are realizing just how valuable our neighbors are.

I wish that I had the time to just type up all my notes from lectures the past 2 months and give them to anyone who would read them because the teachers that we have are absolutely PHENOMENAL and have wrecked and torn up our view of God in this generation. We are going right into the Bible and saying, “who do YOU say that you are?” “where has our view gone wrong?” “what issues, past experiences, how I was raised, skewing my view of who I think you are?”

It’s incredible how God can, when we allow Him, ask Him where have WE gone wrong?

He will hold your heart, and gently speak to you on what people, what experience, and what of our self has skewed our view of God. Because He is a Father, a lover, a friend, that desires to rip us of our views, what we have placed on Him and gently remind us who He really is.

This is the point in which I had kept y’all a little more updated because I could just go on and on and on about what He has been teaching me, where He has been taking me, showing me, and loving me without limits. J

Here are some specifics in prayer that we could use as a team:

There are still some people with financial needs, just praying for the provision that God has already promised to come, that people’s hearts would be compelled.

Also, for our contacts to be safe, one of the places that we were going to, we can no longer go to in Israel because of the persecution that they are facing

Continued support and blessings for the staffers here.

And also direction for us as we seek God on what’s next for each of us girls

I am, in a few days, going to be posting some “funnies” for y’all to enjoy from my time here so far. SO GET EXCTIED!!

p.s. mom and grannana are coming on the 2^nd!!! WHOOOP!

p.p.s. the Aggies that are reading this, I have most the girls here (even foreigners) throwing thumbs up, and the staff kids here saying Gig ‘em Aggies! I have not forgotten about my Aggie Family! J

just a fun little picture of me and the ladies at our Family Dinner night aka MURDER MYSTERY! bringing the south all the way to Cali!