| So, yesterday was a good day. I found out that I am not going to have to have surgery on my knee.. Yay!! that makes me feel really good. Also, i found out that i am going to be in Philadelphia, Pa., starting in september doing social justice missions.. I am so excited and Really, I am scared as crap, really really really scared, but i am just as excited. God is awesome. ever since i have been accepted into the Mission Year program, i have been just looking at what social justice is and why it is needed. My whole aspect on many things has changed. I realize that I put God in my Justin Box and He is to me what i want Him to be. I am not to Him what He wants me to be. I have always thought that I knew who exactly Jesus was and what his passions were and that he was a guy who came to earth so i could go to heaven.. and you know, Jesus did die for my sins and Jesus does love me, but what about all the other people in the world.. JESUS DIED FOR US ALL!!!! not just me, not just my family and friends, but for the whore on the street, the drug addict on the street, the homeless, the North Koreans, the Iraqi's.. All these people, Jesus loves just as much as he loves me. And he callls us all to Love these people just as much as he does... God loves us, Jesus Loves Us.. LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE... i think that we as a Christians get so caught up in God and Jesus loving us, that we neglect everyone else.. WE are SELFISH... I am SELFISH!!!! CHRISTIANS ARE SELFISH... We need to be Christ to the World... We need to be loving and accepting... Acceptance and Tolerance are two different things.. If i did not believe that Jesus was the Son of God, and if i did not believe that Christianity was about love and acceptance, then i am not so sure that i would want to be a Christian... but anyway, these are just my thoughts...... Take em or leave em...
Grace and Peace
Justin <>< |
