TwoThings that Made Me Cry

Today, I was thinking about Afghanistan.

A Thousand Splendid Suns is a book I read this week. It's incredible. Khaled Hosseini is an intriguing story teller. By the time I finished reading it, I wanted to go to Afghanistan because I was enraptured with the unique and beautiful culture that spills from the pages... but at the same time I was so thankful that I wasn't there because of the horrific ways women (and the Afghanistan people) are treated under the Taliban's regime. This is a whole other world that I am so far removed from...but is very much a reality... This book is one I would highly recommend... even though it's sad.. it's not as graphic as the Kite Runner... and it's ending is redemptive.

1.) I came across this link that my friend had attached to his facebook page and it made my heart so heavy. My instinct when I read about things like this is to have a unfiltered, raw conversation with God... "So, God... where were you on that one...? You said you came to seek and save the lost.... You said you didn't come to for the healthy, but for the sick... That seems pretty sick to me! WHERE WERE YOU?! Where are you?!"

2.) When I was driving home today... I heard a song on the radio by Rita Springer.... and it made me cry. I spent about 20 mins trying to look it up... but can't find it for you guys. Instead I'll post this one- it's similar... and also really good! This made me cry because I believe it's God's response to my raw question. I like Rita Springer's worship style because it sounds so unfiltered... it's just her crying out a response to God's love. If I were a worship leader, this is how I would want to lead people into worship. While I was driving in the car, I was so convicted and overcome with the awareness of God's presence and love. I started thinking about what it would look like if the people of Afghanistan felt His love. If there were hundreds of thousands of people that were engaged in worshiping Jesus...feeling what I felt in that moment... responding to God's love. Not oppressed by militant Islamic law... but freely and joyfully enjoying the love of God. I am undone. I long for that day. This is what made me cry.

My Conclusion:

I need to be more engaged with the current events happening in the world so that my vision for what I'm doing stays big. Our mission is that we want to change the world, by helping students discover Jesus. Simple mission statement. Not so simple mission.

Secondly, I need to engage my students with what is happening in the world. I think Christians should be the most informed and active people in politics. The apathy that is typical of Canadian youth is so frustrating. I want my students to be people that are inspired and motivated to be the flood gates of God's love in the spiritually darkest places in the world.

Will you pray with me this week for:
a.) Students at CU and OU that will come to know God this year, and become world changers!
b.) Students that will be a floodgate of God's love in Afghanistan!
c.) That God will raise my eyes and enlarge my heart with His vision for our campus ministry!
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