May 31st- My God, it is of my own free will, and with the help of your love, that I want to remain here in the streets with the poor to accomplish your will. I do not want to go back; my community is the poor; their security, mine; their health, my health. My house … [Read More]
Beauty
When I type “beauty” into the Google search engine, beautiful things do no appear. What appears, you ask? Materialized, consumeristic ‘beauty’. I’m thankful for this search in the Google engine because it reminded me that my definition of beauty vastly differs from society’s version. This, to me, … [Read More]
Purpose
Every day, on the way to work, we pass by a man right before we turn onto the street that takes us to work. The same man, dressed in his green jacket. This man stands on the median of the highway where one lane merges with another. This man “directs” traffic every day. He stands … [Read More]
Thirst
Mother Teresa often wrote about thirsting for God. This thirst, she explains, is what God possesses. It is our job to quench His thirst. This leads to the obvious question– for what does he thirst? In one of Mama T’s journals, she wrote “I am touching Christ, I am serving him, I believe that the … [Read More]
Picket Fence
The German theologian, Martin Luther, once said “I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God’s hands, that I still possess.” It’s easy, is it not? To count the things of this world as important. To have dreams, hopes, and desires that entrap … [Read More]
The Big Move
“Move”- verb: 1. to go in a specified direction or manner; change position. 2. change or cause to change from one state, opinion, sphere, or activity to another Humbling, isn’t it? Catapulting yourself fully into the plans God has for you. Since 2009, God has been calling me to international service. Each opportunity I’ve been given … [Read More]