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Intertwined

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Last night, after having the awesome opportunity to see the Compassion India bloggers via live stream, I collapsed into bed with God pressing one word on my heart.

Intertwined

I did not know what God was saying and I quickly fell asleep. Then this morning I woke up and the Lord kept pressing the word intertwined on my heart.

Finally as I was driving to work I began to see what he meant.

There have been many things on my mind lately. Yesterday I received word of a dear friend’s husband being diagnosed with cancer. I have another friend who is weary with everything that is going on around her. And a family member is trying not to be concerned about something possibly being wrong with her sight.

My heart was heavy.

But witnessing the lives of these bloggers being changed by God and seeing that really they could not do what they do without YOUR support. It truly is about YOU and not them. And my dear friend’s family can not face this cancer without YOUR support. And my weary friend can not travel this journey without YOUR support. And my family member can not have her worries put to rest without support.

God said Lori, “Each of these situations is another strand making up the large rope.” By ourselves we would each snap, but coming together and INTERTWINING ourselves with each other we are STRONG.

As Christians God tells us we must INTERTWINE ourselves with the poor. By themselves they would not survive, they would snap. What the world offers them is death, but as we come together and INTERTWINE ourselves in their lives we become strong and offer them life. They make us strong and we make them strong.

God wants us INTERTWINED.

Intertwined

Being Informed

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In this month’s Exemplify magazine Shannon of Seeking to Glorify shares about her experience of living a life in a different country. In her article “Through the Storms and the Wilderness: The Word of God Nourishes,” she shares how one load of laundry can take one day due to power outages and they rarely eat meat because it takes so long to prepare. I encourage you to read the whole article.

This article and a book I am currently reading about the women in Afghanistan (soon to be reviewed), many of us have no idea the life of privilege we live. I don’t say that to evoke guilt, God has us where he wants us and where we can bring glory to His name. On the other hand, I think it is our responsibility to know about other cultures.

I think it is our responsibility to know about other cultures.

I listened to a panel discussion while in Dallas recently and one of the panelists, Mary DeMuth shares her experience of living 3 years in France. Instead of the absence of Christ in that culture pulling them away from Him, it actually allowed her and her children the chance to be a light in the darkness. I think sometimes, we as Americans or even Canadians are caught up in the “commercializing” of Christianity.

As I sit here my thoughts bounce from the struggles that Shannon faces while living in India, to Christian women in Afghanistan, and listening to the experiences Mary DeMuth and her family had while living in France, and I wonder (pointing fingers at myself) maybe, just maybe these people find God easier because they realize He is their hope in the midst of suffering. For some reason the verse Matt 19:24 comes to mind:

Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to squeeze through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to get into the kingdom of God.”

We are the rich.

With a Godly jealously (because I wish I were going ;) ) I would like to remind you to pray for the Compassion bloggers who will be leaving on a trip to India April 26th. They will return forever changed and I pray through this trip many children will find compassion sponsors.

$32 dollars a month that is it.

Times are tough, I know that first hand, but just think if it is tough on us and funding or sponsorship decreases, just imagine how much more difficult it is for these children. I know I have been personally blessed by my sponsor child.