“Even in the deepest
suffering, there is significance there is a meaningful process of positive
possibilities. We have to recover the language of humanity. We cannot
understand suffering without it… there’s this struggle in life in every class
of people…it’s what we do with it that matters.”
-
William
B Hurlbut M.D.
I have a huge heart
for missions. My grandma is a missionary. I can remember sitting and listening
as she recounted her tales of her trips to Haiti, Taiwan, Kenya, and the list
goes on. I am inspired of the strength and courage she has. I know in my heart
that this strength has come from God. As I grow and become more self-confident
I find myself taking bigger and bigger leaps in this direction. In the spring
I’m going off to Japan and I’m hoping that through teaching English I can find
a way to minister to one of the most difficult cultures to minister to.
You might be
wondering why I’ve gone off on a rant about missions well last night my
boyfriend put on this documentary. It is called “The Human Experience.” The
depth of its insightfulness was just incredible. I sat there watching, heart
breaking, as they experienced what it was like to be homeless and visiting a
center that helped to rehabilitate children who suffered from parental abuse.
The extent to which these poor, innocent, defenseless children were beaten to,
it just made me sick, I almost turned it off. I was livid.
“If you treasure
your own life, you should treasure other’s lives.”
-William B. Hurlbut M.D.
I want to become a
part of the people who make a difference and a stand. One of my friends
recently went to Kenya and he lived with a family in their hut, he experienced
what life was like for them. He told me that once you see the way they live it
changes you completely. You don’t take anything for granted when you return
home and your entire being and goal is to go back and help them.
In this documentary
they go to Africa and its mind-boggling to us how happy they are. They don’t
have an I-phone 5 or a car but but but… How are they happy? Because they
understand the value of life. They are happy and joyful just to be alive. They
have faith and believe in God and trust in him. They aren’t distracted by the
rush and technologies we have.
We live in a day and
age where we rush, we rush to work, we rush to get the kids, we rush to make
money to keep up with the social statuses that make us acceptable and elite. I
am guilty of this too. I can guarantee you that both ways of my morning commute
I get tailgated, and I’m not a snail of a driver. 1. Tailgating does not get
you there faster. 2. Wake up a bit earlier, enjoy your breakfast. You will have
a way better day believe me.
I highly recommend
watching “The Human Experience” It’s even on Netflix!
End of rant- Thank
you so much for reading this. It means a lot to me. Spend some quiet time with
your loved ones as well and treasure other’s lives as you treasure your own!
