Katee Smith's Blog
Nothing. / 06.28.09, 04:40 PM
My parents just got back from Kenya.
More specifically, they just returned from a mission trip to Kenya, with a group of 9 other people from our church.
I’m still in shock because… My parents went on a mission trip. To a place without air conditioning… where running water isn’t/wasn’t always available. I’m sure that sounds terrible. But I promise, my parents do not strike anyone as the “missionary” types. This could have something to do with their 3000 square foot house. The pool in their backyard. The 4 cars they own. The RV. The plasma TV. The trips to places like Beijing, London, Hong Kong, Ireland, Cancun, Puerto Rico, Honduras, Bermuda… You get the picture.
So I wasn’t surprised when I picked them up from the airport, and the entire 30 minute drive home they started and ended everything with, “they have NOTHING,” and throwing in phrases like, “they know how to worship!”… “They’re so joyful!” “… “When they pray, they really expect things to happen!”
Which brings up a few questions.
First, and most important (at least, I think it’s most important): When did material stuff start getting in the way of our connection with God? And why the heck do we let it?
Second: How is acknowleding the other side of that (Mission Year, anyone?) going to change the way we live?
Third: How far are you willing to go to fix the problems you see? How far SHOULD you go the fix the problem?
Fourth: Are you going to do anything?
I think one of our biggest problems is comfort. People are creatures of comfort, when it comes down to it. And no matter where we may be in life, we get comfortable where we are. We get comfortable with what we have. Then God comes along, and tells us we need to change something. And we’re like, “hey man, back off. I’m perfectly comfortable with complacency.”
Fifth: Is complacency REALLY ok?
Do you think God is ok with our complacency?
I think not. I think if He were, there wouldn’t be missionaries. There wouldn’t even be short-term missions. There probably wouldn’t even be churches, because there would be no one to lead them.
At some point, you have to decide that something is worth moving forward for.
Something is worth changing.
Something is worth YOU changing.
0 Comments
Leave a Comment...
Read more of Katee Smith's Blogs.
