Yesterday, I drove to the Dulles Airport Sheraton to visit with my mother who was in town getting ready to head out on her first mission trip. She left today with a Visiting Orphans team to Ethiopia. Before they left, I had the chance to meet several people from her travel team. I have to say it was refreshing to get a glimpse at the pure and genuine hearts of these folks. Ordinary Christians spending their hard earned money to travel to a distant land for the sole purpose of being HIS hands and feet! All of them sacrificing time with their own families to spend time with "the least of these". Not just talking the talk but actually LIVING James 1:27!
In a world whose undercurrent can be suffocating, the smiles on their willing faces gave me a sense of comfort. Comfort in knowing that despite the mountains of heartache and destruction in this world, Gods people still and will always prevail!
Thank you to the amazing servants who show us HIS love, through your selfless works!
What a beautiful picture! My husband and 13 year old are leaving in a few weeks for a mission trip to Haiti. I am now growing fearful and thinking perhaps they should just not go! Your post made me realize that they MUST go and live James 1:27 and I must just be calm and have faith that our God will take care of them! (sort of hard to do sometimes)
ReplyDeleteIt is all about the living it out. I agree with you, when you see it, see people doing just that, it is so refreshing and a great reminder of where our hands and feet should be.
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