Really????

This is an actual Facebook post that someone I know posted yesterday:

Why can we as Americans send money and aid all over the world yet We refuse to help our on people,children are starving here in your town. Reach out to your neighbors you may be suprised that they are in need of help.

Then, wait for it, this is how someone else responded to it:

Because it gives them a warm fuzzy feeling to say that they helped out a poor country while they are poor people in our own country that are in hungary and hurting.

OK. I have just a few things to say about this. For starters, do you not read the bible? Matthew 28:18-20 says:

Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."

Therefore go and make disciples of all nations! Our nation, America, is a truly blessed country. The problem with Americans is that they are spoiled in their luxuries. Did you know that even a person here in America only making 10,000 dollars a year is in the top 2% of the wealthiest people in the world?

We say that we should keep our money and our time over here, but don't realize that even one dollar that we have here can do miracles in other countries who live in poverty.

I understand that there are people and children in our own country hurting, but what makes me upset about it is that everyone in America is looking for a handout. You give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. You teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime. Therein lies the problem with Americans. They don't want to learn. They don't want to help themselves. They want handouts.

Other countries where we give our time and money don't have the luxury of money or education to survive. When we go over there, we don't just give them money and say, Good Luck. We teach them to grow gardens, how to rebuild, how to make money, and to survive. Because unlike most Americans, they want to make a life for themselves. Not have someone else make it for them. They want to learn, they want to survive. Maybe I am just rambling, but, I know what the bible says. And the bible is my guiding light. What's yours? Your luxuries? Your wants? Your desires?

Get your priorities in line.

Going to Haiti

I am reading the book "Radical" by David Platt right now. Every since I picked up this book, I have been radically transformed in my view of what it means to be a Christian. I have always felt that the way I served God was enough to get by; enough to be considered a good Christian in the eyes of God. I feel I give more time to the church than the usual member, that I sacrifice more than the usual member, that I tithe more than the usual member. But however, this book was a gut check to me. A direct slap in the face of what I thought was leading a good life in Christ.

The big questions I have been asking myself lately is, "What now?". "Where do I go now from this point in time with my walk with Christ?" "What can I do to grow as the Christ follower that God has called us all to be?"

Matthew 28:18-20, otherwise know as the Great Commission:

18: Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19: Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20: and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."

Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. I do believe that is self explanatory.

I have been thinking a lot lately about this verse and how that pertains to me. I have been lost in the thinking of how modern day Americans perceive what this verse means, and am quickly realizing how truly wrong it is. You hear people say that, "It takes a special person to be a missionary" or that "I could never see myself doing that". Honestly, these are phrases that I have told myself time and time again. What about, "We have enough issues here in America to worry about, let someone else worry about others over there."

Well, if that is the case, then we are not fulfilling the Great Commission. Which Jesus clearly said, "Go and make disciples of ALL nations."

A lost soul is a lost soul. It doesn't matter where you are, or where that person is from; lost is lost. How do we expect for the lost in these other nations to ever fully hear the Word of God? Who will take it to them? Who will put aside their selfish ways, and give their all to deliver the Word of God?

Therefore GO.....

I will take the Lord at his command. So I am going to GO.

Haiti for 1st Wednesday from Rock Bridge on Vimeo.

January 22-29, 2011.

I have signed up to join a missionary team from Rock Bridge Community Church. We are going to Haiti to make disciples, to help rebuild, and to help change lives through the Lord. I am super stoked about this opportunity that God has led me to!

I am asking that everyone please pray for me as I prepare to embark on the journey with the Lord. I am needing to raise the money for me to be able to go. I am having to raise $1000 dollars to pay my way. I have certain individuals that I am going to approach about funding for this trip. I would ask that if anyone is interested in helping me get there, the Lord would bless you for doing what you can. The Lord has blessed me with miraculous people in my life, and I know that they will help in many ways than one. On a lighter note, I have never flown before, so please pray for that. : /

I am going to be getting into the Word more and praying more as time draws near for our team to leave. Pray for me that the Lord will give me insight and knowledge into what I need before we leave. I would greatly appreciate your prayers, and your support in any way possible.

Thank You All!!!

I Love You All!!

God Bless!!