July 21, 2012
With this last week I'm asking God what it looks like to love and serve sacrificially. I'm wondering if I truly believe that Jesus would be enough if I decide to surrender my selfish desires and my "entitlement," to be taken care of, to Him. Will I take the risk of rejecting my flesh? Of giving my whole heart until it hurts? Of serving out of love instead of pleasing others? My prayer is that I (and our team) would live to become a "servant of this gospel by the gift of God's grace given me through the working of his power." (Eph. 3:7)
We have one week left with our host families, and I've just recently begun to love my Thai community with the love God has placed in my heart instead of showing love because it's what is expected of me. God has answered my prayers this week by giving me eyes to see His children the way that He sees them. I've begun to grow in understanding of all the factors that play into the cycle of urban poverty and with that have also grown in brokenness for these people. I've seen the ways that God has called the weak, the incapable, and the lowly in order to bring the kingdom of God to their neighbors, and it's beautiful and humbling.
by Sunnah
