I have been reading a book called Kisses from Katie, which is a book about the truth of what God calls us to do as Christians. Katie was a 19 year-old from Tennessee, who was extremely blessed growing up. She had a big house and a perfect Christian family. And when she was 16 she decided that she wanted to do mission work when she graduated from high school. So she moved to Uganda, where she still lives now 4 years later. She has now adopted 14 children, and she cares for nearly 300+ more on a weekly basis through a non-profit ministry called Amazima. She has this amazing soul for God, for doing what Christ calls us to do - to care for the widowed, the orphaned, the impoverished. She feeds the hungry and spreads love to those who may never have felt it. She cares for people who are sick. She does this day in, day out, and she does not ask for recognition - simply for the chance, the financial opportunity, to continue to serve the community's needs. She desires deeply to live in a world that can be said "on earth as it is in heaven." She does what many of us would like to do - if we weren't so fearful of the unknown.
Katie speaks her heart, and her heart is always focused on Christ. She completely loves and follows God before all other things, and it allows her to see the world with different eyes. She, like Mother Teresa, is filled each day with love from Christ first - which allows her to then give that love to others. If we try to live and love solely based on our own strength, and not on the strength that the Lord gives us, we will burn out. We will seek to meet our own selfish needs before we seek to meet the needs of others. We will not have enough love to give day in and day out.
In our "busy" lives in America that we have created for ourselves, we often choose not to make God a priority every single day. We may pray every day, but we might do it half-heartedly, or routinely, or as an afterthought. We rarely take the time and set it aside every day to dedicate our hearts to praying to God for guidance, for wisdom, for the fulfilling, life-giving love that He has to give to us. I want so desperately to make that time, each day, to truly dedicating my heart towards God, yet I feel that I go through periods where I prioritize it, and then through periods where I let it slide awhile. God, please let me thirst for you daily! Please give me a heart that seeks Your wisdom first!
Katie speaks her heart, and her heart is always focused on Christ. She completely loves and follows God before all other things, and it allows her to see the world with different eyes. She, like Mother Teresa, is filled each day with love from Christ first - which allows her to then give that love to others. If we try to live and love solely based on our own strength, and not on the strength that the Lord gives us, we will burn out. We will seek to meet our own selfish needs before we seek to meet the needs of others. We will not have enough love to give day in and day out.
In our "busy" lives in America that we have created for ourselves, we often choose not to make God a priority every single day. We may pray every day, but we might do it half-heartedly, or routinely, or as an afterthought. We rarely take the time and set it aside every day to dedicate our hearts to praying to God for guidance, for wisdom, for the fulfilling, life-giving love that He has to give to us. I want so desperately to make that time, each day, to truly dedicating my heart towards God, yet I feel that I go through periods where I prioritize it, and then through periods where I let it slide awhile. God, please let me thirst for you daily! Please give me a heart that seeks Your wisdom first!
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