Sometimes its frustrating for me to watch the news or read the headlines on Yahoo! Its sad how often it is filled with stories of pain and death. Its also sad how often injustices and suffering go unreported, because there is so much that we don't see. And I don't mean typical Americans in the little "bubble" of a worldview. I mean everyone. No person can see all the pain or all the suffering or understand how deep the needs and injustices truly are in this world. I mean its overwhelming to think about how many lives will end tonight that I don't know about. And its not about "me" wanting to know about everything, its just about how insignificant I feel up against such darkness and pain. And its about what my life will actually "count" for in the end. Its about me realizing that whatever difference the Lord chooses to make through me is a tiny little spot against the canvas of a dark and scary world.
But my point is this: its actually not about ANY of that. Life isn't about the measuring of how many, or the measuring of my own successful ministry. Life isn't about how big my spot is on the canvas. Life is about people's lives being changed; and not in a spreadsheet with checkboxes kind of way, but in a dark to light, dead to life, defeated to victorious, life transforming kind of way! I'm so thankful that His transformation continues to change my life. And I'm so thankful that He has allowed me to watch as He transforms others lives right in front of my eyes!
Tonight I'm praying that I never get so caught up in the dark and scary world as a whole that I lose sight of God's gracious hand touching the lives of those all around me!
