A heavy heart

I have been struggling with some differences recently. While everyone is saying how bad the economy is I still see the malls/stores teeming with people buying more stuff. Then I talk with friends and family in Kenya...many are living with unsanitary conditions, wondering if the water they are drinking may give them typhoid, and if they do get sick they wonder if they will have the money to see the doctor, get medicine and feel better.


(This is a student from Nice View Academy getting water for a bath and water to wash her clothes. Saved By God's Grace has water tanks at the facility now so the children can get water from the tanks instead of the ground. But the water in the tanks may still have typhoid, it is not "clean" water as we have here in the US)

"I no longer call you servants...Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you." (John 15:15 NIV) How do we learn what the Father wants us to know? Read His word daily and live the way it tells each of us to live.


I don't begrudge anyone on how they spend their money but we must look at our lives and ask our Lord and Savior if what we are doing is scriptural. Are we feeding the hungry, giving drink to the thirsty, clothing the naked with our excess? Or are we purchasing another pair of shoes, shirt etc. (fill in your favorite item-mine used to be purses). I too must ask myself this question daily and I don't always get the comfortable answer I want to hear - most of the time I'm asked to sacrifice my choice of having another "xxx" in order to give another person a choice of cleaner water, a meal for the night or a shirt on their naked skin.


There are so many organizations out there who are helping people. Please open your hearts and listen - maybe you're being asked to help in our ministry or another ministry in your hometown. Whichever it may be thank you for hearing my heart in this matter and may God be your guiding light.

"Love is more than a sentiment, it's putting another's needs ahead of your own." (Our Daily Bread)