Open wide your eyes

November 27, 2009
Following God & Relationships & Travel Clip to Evernote
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LiberiaWe are making some final preparations for our trip to Liberia next Sunday! My wife & I are leading a small team to Monrovia (where my wife was born & lived until she was 17) next week to check on some organizations in which we are going to become more involved.

These organizations are making big changes in the lives of people who are really hurting: The hungry, the illiterate, those caught in human trafficking & former soldiers who were actually children!

There is such a temptation to become so involved in what is so close, we lose sight of what is out of sight. I think they call that a lack of vision. We are called by God to reach & touch all people, those near and those far away. I know for me, I become so intense in the here and the now, I forget about the "there." We cannot focus all on one, and forget the other, to do so is to live an "unbalanced" life.

So my challenge… look and give great passion to your "here" but do not close your eyes and forget about the "there." Open wide your eyes!
 

About artie: I'm the lead Pastor at Cornerstone, a Multi-Ethnic church in the heart of Orangeburg, South Carolina. Also the founder of the Comb Network.com, a movement to plant Multi-Ethnic, culturally relevant churches in smaller cities. I direct a gathering of small city leader called "The Sticks."

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  • Dale Paulling

    My prayers will be with you and Georgie as you make the trip to Liberia. How exciting that is. I hope your flights go well and you get the chance to reach to others who are hurting and need a touch from God. May God direct your thoughts and actions during your travel there. Love to you both.