So I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what I want to do when I come home and to be honest I don’t know what’s going to happen. I will probably just go back to school and finish out my undergraduate there and I think that would be good for me. That path would most certainly be acceptable as long as I really continue to try to become a better man. However some of the things I’ve been reading lately in the Bible among other books are leading me to question the path I have laid out for myself. When Jesus spoke to the rich young man(which after coming here and seeing these people, I know I am a rich young man) he told him to give all he had to the poor and go follow him. At some point in my life I feel like I have been called to just leave all my comforts and my money behind and trust in God to provide for me. Im not certain that this is the season for that, and I feel like I need to finish my education. But I have definitely felt convicted of being lukewarm, I need to give more of my money and my time to people around me who have very little.
Thats just what I’ve been thinking about a lot. I hope you all back home just realize that you don’t have to go to kenya to help those you are less fortunate. You can serve anywhere and in any way. I believe we need to less of a desire for attaining the American dream and more of a spirit that inclines us to store up treasures in Heaven. The Bible says religion that is acceptable to God is this: looking after orphans and widows in distress and keeping oneself unpolluted from the world. In the Church we focus on keeping ourselves from the world, which is important, but equally important is having a heart for the the weak and those who are in distress.
Just remember that Jesus will say when we are judged “whatever you did not do for the least of these you did not do for me.” I don’t know how ill try to live this out when I get home, but I think we can all be more generous no matter what out situation.
Neal
