The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted.
Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa is treasured and loved in her homeland of Kolkata. It is truly amazing to see how one person can make such a difference, how one person can have such large visions and be determined to fulfill them. It’s inspiring, really.
Today I visited the leprosy colony; a place of dignity and respect. I felt as though I would be walking right into the New Testiment which is why was was oh so eager to wake up this morning. Although, it wasn’t exactly what I had in mind… it was a community of beauty and healing; a safe haven almost for these “untouchables.” It was amazing to see the jobs that these people were given to rediscover lost hope and distant integrity. Everyone is welcome. Rich, poor, indian, foreigner, catholic, protestant, sick, or well… the community is open. Hope is restored and healing is freely given. I’m thankful to be given such an opportunity to see and admire the Christ in others. I feel as if it is easy to get discouraged by the sadness in Kolkata; however, if one woman can make such an impact on the community around her, just imagine the devastation we would create if we all actively joined together as the beautiful body of Christ. Healing, hope, restoration, freedom would be granted… maybe then the world might look a little like the New Testiment.
Thanks for reading… post some ideas on how we can unify this faith and action thing.
Andrew said,
June 22, 2008 at 4:18 am
not many comments for this one…I’ll get the ball rolling.
I hear what you’re saying about the body of Christ unifying…that is one of the reason I love the Friday night street ministry that we do out here in Houston…we have so many different denominations and doctrinal differences of opinion, but on Friday nights…it simply doesn’t matter. we come together to love on those that the world calls hopeless…I know it’s only one night a week for most of us that go out there, but it is always a beautiful night…anyways, the point being we must get outside of our doctrines…oh how we love our doctrines…since the beginning of time we’ve tried to wrap our mind around God…when the whole time I think the point is to just love with abandon…that’s where it’s at…we must choose to love wrecklessly…where our love for Christ and people out weighs our love for ourselves and our “reason”….sorry for being longwinded…I’ll stop now…peace
MOM said,
June 30, 2008 at 6:20 am
What can I say? Nothing you have said it all, keep pressing on, keep your God given purpose going my sweet child.