Going to the JC club today with a few other ByGrace ppls. We're going to serve meals to kids there.
It's been awhile since I've done anything volunteer-ish. Switch and LifeKids don't really count. They are part of my routine now. Volunteering, to me, is more of a sacrificial act. It requires going out of your way, giving up something important to you (e.g., my free time).
When I hear about all the stuff going on in the world today, compared to the stuff from the past, it immediately reminds me that we are definately living in the "end times" (for a lack of a better way to describe it). It makes me wonder, "What am I living for?", "Life is so short. So, why am I waiting so much time?", "If faith, hope, and love are so important to me then why am I not acting like they are that important to me?". "I should be showing people the love God shows me. It's the greatest gift, worth giving up everything for. Why do I hold on to all that other meaningless stuff?"
I need to step it up and live the way I know God wants me to. No one knows the day or the hour that Jesus will return. It could be any time now. We're suposed to be ready in season and out of season. Doesn't that mean we should live as if every day could be our last? If we really filtered out all meaningless, waste-of-time crap from our lives, our everyday lifestyles would be drastically different.
If that were to happen, we would consider other's above ourselves like the bible says. And considering today's global climate (politically/socially speaking, not global warming) I feel this sense of urgency to change the way I'm behaving. There are people crying out to God for relief from their suffering all over the globe. And God is the God who answers prayers and listens to His people. One day He IS going to answer those prayers, by returning to earth and wiping away their tears forever! I have a feeling God wants to respond to the cries of His children sooner than later...perhaps within my own lifetime.
It's been awhile since I've done anything volunteer-ish. Switch and LifeKids don't really count. They are part of my routine now. Volunteering, to me, is more of a sacrificial act. It requires going out of your way, giving up something important to you (e.g., my free time).
When I hear about all the stuff going on in the world today, compared to the stuff from the past, it immediately reminds me that we are definately living in the "end times" (for a lack of a better way to describe it). It makes me wonder, "What am I living for?", "Life is so short. So, why am I waiting so much time?", "If faith, hope, and love are so important to me then why am I not acting like they are that important to me?". "I should be showing people the love God shows me. It's the greatest gift, worth giving up everything for. Why do I hold on to all that other meaningless stuff?"
I need to step it up and live the way I know God wants me to. No one knows the day or the hour that Jesus will return. It could be any time now. We're suposed to be ready in season and out of season. Doesn't that mean we should live as if every day could be our last? If we really filtered out all meaningless, waste-of-time crap from our lives, our everyday lifestyles would be drastically different.
If that were to happen, we would consider other's above ourselves like the bible says. And considering today's global climate (politically/socially speaking, not global warming) I feel this sense of urgency to change the way I'm behaving. There are people crying out to God for relief from their suffering all over the globe. And God is the God who answers prayers and listens to His people. One day He IS going to answer those prayers, by returning to earth and wiping away their tears forever! I have a feeling God wants to respond to the cries of His children sooner than later...perhaps within my own lifetime.
posted by bigD at Saturday, June 27, 2009
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