Reflections of an Old Prophet
… God answered: write this. Write what you see.” Hab 2:1
Michelle wanted it on video tape. I confess, having heard my Texas-twang on tape, I was not quick to comply. “Ah, come on, I’m going to miss you” she insisted.
“Moses Wiring and Plumbing Fixtures”, I blurted as we passed the next “sign/SIGN”. The van broke out in laughter, as the utterances of a “stranger in a strange land” were captured on tape for the sake of posterity.
I take my mission very seriously. Seeing the sights and hand of God at work in the world is a great blessing, but also carries responsibility. I pray to have the ability to convey the vision. The God-sized task we each are asked to join up with.
Poverty has moved the women to tears on more than one occasion. But what has pierced their hearts is how little it takes to bring great joy. Each one of the women on the team are involved stateside in a variety of ways, with Samaritan’s Purse: one an employee full-time of the Operation Christmas Child project; one a regional coordinator, one district coordinator, and two volunteers who donate quantities of boxes they have assembled, as well as their time.
Each collection “season, they spend uncounted hours, organizing, coordinating and collecting, hundreds of thousands of boxes. I’m sure they have seen promotional videos and materials to inspire their commitment and hard, thankless sweaty hours. And while a picture may be worth a thousand words – flesh and blood are priceless!
The Old Testament prophet Habakkuk took a look around his world. It was a wreck. Evil seemed to prosper, the innocent suffer and he didn’t even have a 24 hour worldwide news service like CNN to fill him in on the details.
The Message translates Habakkuk 1:1:
The problem as God gave Habakkuk to see it.
The problems he saw 2500 years ago are the same we see today. Poverty, despair, innocent children suffering, the weak oppressed and unchecked violence; not only here in Africa but in America as well.
This is the problem as God gave Charlynn to see it...
I ask less “why” questions after ten years in ministry, and I try to faithfully follow the same instructions He gave old Habakkuk.
“Write what you see. This vision message is a witness pointing to what’s coming.”
Michelle wanted it on video tape. I confess, having heard my Texas-twang on tape, I was not quick to comply. “Ah, come on, I’m going to miss you” she insisted.
“Moses Wiring and Plumbing Fixtures”, I blurted as we passed the next “sign/SIGN”. The van broke out in laughter, as the utterances of a “stranger in a strange land” were captured on tape for the sake of posterity.
I take my mission very seriously. Seeing the sights and hand of God at work in the world is a great blessing, but also carries responsibility. I pray to have the ability to convey the vision. The God-sized task we each are asked to join up with.
Poverty has moved the women to tears on more than one occasion. But what has pierced their hearts is how little it takes to bring great joy. Each one of the women on the team are involved stateside in a variety of ways, with Samaritan’s Purse: one an employee full-time of the Operation Christmas Child project; one a regional coordinator, one district coordinator, and two volunteers who donate quantities of boxes they have assembled, as well as their time.
Each collection “season, they spend uncounted hours, organizing, coordinating and collecting, hundreds of thousands of boxes. I’m sure they have seen promotional videos and materials to inspire their commitment and hard, thankless sweaty hours. And while a picture may be worth a thousand words – flesh and blood are priceless!
The Old Testament prophet Habakkuk took a look around his world. It was a wreck. Evil seemed to prosper, the innocent suffer and he didn’t even have a 24 hour worldwide news service like CNN to fill him in on the details.
The Message translates Habakkuk 1:1:
The problem as God gave Habakkuk to see it.
The problems he saw 2500 years ago are the same we see today. Poverty, despair, innocent children suffering, the weak oppressed and unchecked violence; not only here in Africa but in America as well.
This is the problem as God gave Charlynn to see it...
I ask less “why” questions after ten years in ministry, and I try to faithfully follow the same instructions He gave old Habakkuk.
“Write what you see. This vision message is a witness pointing to what’s coming.”
