define...our society is caught up on defining things and trying to give everything meaning or purpose, but as we have given things their own definitions, we have made them nouns. While most of our peers and other people our age would define love as a feeling(thoughts), we see that Paul is telling us love is an action, a lifestyle. Can we help give love a new definition in our society?!
I think that's our goal, to help show the true definition of love to a system(yet to be defined) within our community. I think Dr. Border's father is right when he said we need to "think globally and act locally." I think we might have started with the mentality that we were going to change the world in a semester, but we really do need to start in our own community with our peers and professors.
The Message, Matthew 10: 5-
"Don't begin by traveling to some far-off place to convert unbelievers. And don't try to be dramatic by tackling some public enemy. Go to the lost, confused people right here in the neighborhood. Tell them that the kingdom is here. Bring health to the sick. Raise the dead. Touch the untouchables. Kick out the demons. You have been treated generously, so live generously.... 16"Stay alert. This is hazardous work I'm assigning you. You're going to be like sheep running through a wolf pack, so don't call attention to yourselves. Be as cunning as a snake, inoffensive as a dove.
17-20"Don't be naive. Some people will impugn your motives, others will smear your reputation—just because you believe in me. Don't be upset when they haul you before the civil authorities. Without knowing it, they've done you—and me—a favor, given you a platform for preaching the kingdom news! And don't worry about what you'll say or how you'll say it. The right words will be there; the Spirit of your Father will supply the words.... 26-27"Don't be intimidated. Eventually everything is going to be out in the open, and everyone will know how things really are. So don't hesitate to go public now. 28"Don't be bluffed into silence by the threats of bullies. There's nothing they can do to your soul, your core being. Save your fear for God, who holds your entire life—body and soul—in his hands.
YES! Matt. 10:5 - I've talked about that before. When Christians drive to the airport to go help people in far-off areas, how many homeless do we pass? How many lost do we ignore on our way to help?
ReplyDeleteAgain, NOT to discount international missions. ...just something to think about.