"The thing that concerns me is not will God let us find Him, but will we seek Him?" -Richard Owen Roberts


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"If giving hurts, give some more...

If loving stings, love some more...

If serving makes you tired, serve some more...

Will the hurt go away or the stinging stop? Probably not. That is just the way it is in the face of so much need. What we must remind ourselves of, continually, is that Jesus loved and gave so much that it cost Him His life! We will never out-give or out-love or out-serve Him. His ministry was the perfect example of a life lived in surrender and gratitude; a life given away to those who needed it most. Thanks in giving. Love in living. It is worth the hurt and the sacrifice it requires. It is hard...but it is worth it."

It seems silly, but I am now learning that this is an everyday thing,

not just while in Africa, or on a mission trip.

This is for the here and now.

"All day long he craves and craves, but the righteous gives and does not hold back." -Proverbs 21:26

“If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the next. It is since Christians have largely ceased to think of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this.” ~ C.S. Lewis

"‎If human love does not carry a man beyond himself, it is not love. If love is always discreet, always wise, always sensible and calculating, never carried beyond itself, it is not love at all."
                                                   
                                                                                                 - Oswald Chambers