Home from Guatemala

After coming home from Guatemala I am quickly realizing that God has again chosen to change my perspective on all aspects of life. I truly would have never dreamed that a week could change my life so much. In short, our trip was absolutely amazing. We met so many wonderful people who were full of life, completely selfless, and yet most of them had next to nothing in material possessions.

If you think you are able to understand what this means by watching HD Net broadcast world relief programs in high definition or you can relate because you have vacationed in other parts of the world and gone beyond the “Hotel Zone”, think again. Sadly enough this is exactly what I thought before going on our Mission to Guatemala. Being submersed in the environment and living with people who have found Christ in spite of their absence of material possessions is by far the most humbling experience that I have ever had. You quickly realize that having too much is in many ways worse than having too little.

Although we are warned many times in the Bible about possessions and how they can divide our mind and control our direction in life; being born in America makes it very difficult to accept. In fact, without venturing outside of our society’s cocoon it seems almost impossible. Once your eyes begin to open and you are able to understand that simply being born on American soil puts us in the vast minority of the rest of the world, things really begin to change. You begin to see the very truth to which you were once blinded by.

You will begin to question why our society is so unhappy, why our families continue to grow apart, and why we find it so difficult to know Christ? The simple reason is material possessions, just as the Bible tells us they blind us from the truth. Our sinful ways sought after these possessions and for many of us they become our gods. They become the force that drives us and we find ourselves wanting to acquire more which pushes God’s truth further and further away.

Now comes the very important question, how do we fix this? How do we put an end to a world that is completely unbalanced? I will not for a moment claim to fully understand the answer to this and I am almost certain I never will. But I am compelled to write what God pours into my heart. I fully believe that each and every one of us plays a very special role, as we are all God’s children and we have all been given special gifts. It’s up to us to accept these gifts and through prayer follow God’s plan to share His grace throughout.

Let’s face it; God did not leave the world hungry. Right now at this very moment there is more than enough food to feed the entire planet, yet many people are unable to eat. It is up to all of us to find the means necessary to feed all God’s children with the abundance of food that He has provided. In the next few weeks as my mind continues to unwrap all that I took in, I pray that God will allow me to find the right words to articulate all that has been revealed to me.


In Jesus Name

Amen