i have a ton of blog posts to catch up on... a lot of plans and thoughts swirling around in my mind!
but for now, this blog post from Gary Wiens, director of the International House of Prayer NW stuck out as a much needed word.
here's a quote from the post:
We have trained our young people for several decades now to think of themselves as nothings that come from nowhere and who are going nowhere [emphasis added]... Everything inside us screams at us that the opposite is true...
young people crave purpose.
to live purposely... to be intentionally loved and known... to make impact...
God created us to be and do impact, from the basis that He created each of us with His amazing love and great purpose.
without that crucial fact burning inside our core, we are vulnerable to the bruises/beatings of everyday life that lead to despair and hopelessness for young and old alike.
today, as i think about and pray for the millions who have been hit by disaster in Haiti and those who are involved in providing aid... for the thousands of prisoners locked away in the horrendous North Korean concentration camps... for the countless orphaned children sold into sex trafficking... my heart could fail me from the gravity of these dire situations. what is going on? WHY?!
yet, i know that God is good. and His purposes are always good. a huge part of those purposes is us.
on this side of eternity, God carries out the hope for the world through us. not that we ourselves are the hope. but as vessels of His love, we become light. if we don't know that - what will become of this world?
hope is real.
keep it alive, because you were created to.
plus, you've got some pretty good back-up :)
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