This transition has proven to be the greatest culture shock I have ever lived through so far… Some may call it going from poverty back to luxury or from “savages” back to “gentle folk” some even talk about changing planets… Talking of things they know not, pleading with us to help this land that is so “miserable”.We’ve got it all wrong! Seeing this country should be a wake up call, catching just a glimpse of what to “struggle to live” means, I’ve realized that this continent has more hope than ours does. Please! Let’s not turn it into a mess with our materialistic approach! They didn’t need Televisions, they do not need internet, and they do not need our “solution to every problem” our “cool” technologies tend to lead people astray from God!
I’m not Amish…! Let’s help with transportation, basic necessities and yes communication, but let’s focus more on the “What” then the “How”! Let us help bring up men and women of God seeking to glorify Him in all that they do.
It stressed me out to see once again the superficial relationships (it felt like being at my high school) where guys play with girls bodies and girls play with guys feelings.
The make up, the gadgets, the money, the stores, the fast-foods all not making our world even a little better… Have they truly made a difference in peoples lives? Yes! B destroying us! Distracting us everyday from the truth that remains!
Listening to John Piper talk about not wasting our lives I finally understand the sad hopeless status of our falling world… Churches trying to attract young people through frivolous fun, people calling themselves followers of Christ whilst quenching the holy spirits’ rebuke of their sin, or just families lost in the maze of making their small world better before they die. There is such a BIGGER PICTURE, oh how my heart cries for our sight to be restored! Let us learn from the past so as to build something that will last: A life of integrity and love built in our Saviour God.
