Well, this is pretty neat. I mean blogging. Anyways, this blog will actually be somewhat similar to what I posted in facebook earlier this week. However, I really want to say that I had a very blessed time going out on Monday. Brother Elliot and I were talking to a woman in the park and she talk about wanting to go to college I immediately said that she should do it if that is what she wants to do. It's not too late to do it. But I also loved the fact that she was willing to share so much of her story with us. Tidbits of her family life, her wanting to go to college. In that instant, I thought "Wow!" She not that much different from us college kids. I sometimes wonder if we bother to even think that our brothers and sisters out in love park could really have dreams and aspirations to want better. Well, I know the answer to that question is Yes!! However, I think that we stay in our Christian bubbles so long that we fear stepping outside of those boundaries and really pouring out our love to others.
That is a struggle that I do face almost daily. To step outside boundaries in order to make a difference in the lives of others. This is something that I pray about because I know that my growth is being stagnated by my fears. I pray that I will be more like Jesus and to love the people that society and even, dare I say, the Christian Church has told me not to love. God is love and he sees the best in all of us. Think about it, why would God send his only son into this earth to die for our sins if he did not love us. And let's not forget, even those who persecuted Jesus were the same people that Jesus died for. So here's hoping that those in love park as well as those who are in poverty around the country and in the world will receive the message of God's love for us.
P.S. I still have doubts and jitters about going to diakonos every Monday but I really think that I am getting better at it with God's help.
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