musings

Things I have thought about in the last 24 hours - So I watched this amazing show on pbs last night. I love pbs. It was about a woman in afghanistan who ran for parliament, and made it. She is such a revolutionary because she is standing up to the warlords and bullies and not backing down, even tho her life is in constant danger. It showed how she campaigned, and how people came to her for advice, or to intercede between disputes. I was made aware again and again of the privileges I have, and the need to pray for our exteded family there. Whenever I'm shaken out of my rut by seeing something like that, I can't help but ask God, Why am I so chosen?! It's something I simply cannont comprehend. I always go back to this article my dear uncle Keith wrote in the Beacon, about how we can't choose some things, we just need to honor God with where and who and what we are.
I am also re-reading ordering your private world, which we had to read as reach leaders, but is so good I will probably read it time and time again. He talks about the difference between someone who is driven and someone who is called, one of the differences being that someone who is called is convinced that he is a steward, not an owner. He talks about the principle of release, that one day, with our children, our money, or anything else, God will ask for it back. A called person lives with this knowledge of release that will come, and orders his/her life knowing that one day, it will be given away. It's such an amazing thought. So for me, it was, I have three areas of assets - time, money, and talents. When God asks for them, which he will, what will I have done with his assets? Think about it!