Perspective

Hey guys,

So I have been realizing that the length in between posts has been getting consistently longer and I'm sorry about that. So I thought I would just explain a bit of why that is so. When I first got to Bolivia everything was new and exciting so it was easy for me to blog about what was happening. But the longer I am here the more life here seems to be normal. Not in a bad way mind you, so let me explain.

I don't feel like the wonders of life is out of the ordinary anymore, and I think it's the way it should be. God is always working, we just often don't notice Him. Life is fresh and new each day, we often just take it for granted. Love should be the center of our lives everyday, but most of the time we get bogged down with life's worries, struggles and temptations and forget. So be encouraged! Live life the way God intended it, TO THE FULL. If we all put aside what we thought was important and lived more for what God wanted this world would be a different place. If we all looked at the people around us and saw Jesus, no one would feel lonely or left out. And when I say the people around us, I don't just mean our friends and family, I mean everyone. The cashier at the grocery store, the homeless man on the side of the street, that person that hurt you in the past and swore you'd never talk to again, everyone. If we all took a moment to show these people love, I think that maybe, just maybe they would see something different in you and long for what you have. We are supposed to be Jesus' hands and feet, so lets start acting like it. Love everyone, thank God for the small things, step out in faith. I think that if we do that, we will never be disappointed.

That does not mean life wont get hard or that you wont have a bad day. It doesn't mean you wont make mistakes and that you will never feel lonely again. But it does mean that you will have a new meaning in life. The meaning that God intended. He tells us that, "each man's life is but a breath" (Psalm 39:5) and what God wants for this short life is for us to come into relationship with Him. So he made that possible by giving "his one and only Son" (John 3:16) and that son told us what we are to do during out life here on earth, to "go and make disciples of all nations" (Matthew 28:19). So this is our call to make disciples and our example of how to do that is Jesus. A man who lived a life of love, who gave of himself for others and loved everyone regardless of what others thought. This is our example and although we can never live completely as Jesus did, our goal should be to try.

So go out and love, brighten someones day, love doesn't have to be big, you don't need to travel the globe to serve Jesus and love, just love the people you meet where you are today. And if you are called to go somewhere, listen. Who are we to deny what God asks of us, so take today to make a commitment to change. It wont be instantaneous, and we wont always remember, but should that stop us? No, so go, go and love.

Shalom and Blessings,
Michael
Oh and lots of love