I find it increasingly annoying being able to lay comfortably on a bed and being provided with food more than 3 times a day while knowing there are others who are not able to enjoy these luxuries I indulge in because of the catastrophes that unexpectedly hit their country not too long ago. I find it irritating knowing that I am able to freely worship in a church while others are being persecuted to drastic measures because of their faith.
I am so bothered with the comfort of my life, and so inflamed with a passion to be Jesus’s hands and feet for another.
It is a little too easy to take me out of my comfort zone. A bed seems to be my refuge, and a clean bathroom a shelter. I long to reach a point in my selfish life to truly deny myself and follow Christ to such drastic measures. I desire to be completely selfless and serve others with a heart like Jesus, and set aside my selfish wants and needs so I am able to fully serve His people wholeheartedly. I pray for opportunities. I pray for an undying flame.
“Lord, high and holy, meek and lowly,
Thou hast brought me to the valley of vision,
where I live in the depths but see Thee in the heights;
hemmed in by mountains of sin I behold Thy glory.
Let me learn by paradox
that the way down is the way up,
that to be low is to be high,
that the broken heart is the healed heart,
that the contrite spirit is the rejoicing spirit,
that the repenting soul is the victorious soul,
that to have nothing is to possess all,
that to bear the cross is to wear the crown,
that to give is to receive,
that the valley is the place of vision.
Lord, in the daytime stars can be seen from deepest wells,
and the deeper the wells the brighter Thy stars shine;
Let me find They light in my darkness
They life in my death,
Thy joy in my sorrow,
Thy grace in my sin,
Thy riches in my poverty,
Thy glory in my valley.
- “The Valley of Vision”
1 Peter 4:7-11
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