Priorities

I opened a new container of yogurt for my breakfast this morning. I read the foil liner that covered the top. It said, “Cows are people, too”. I just couldn’t believe it actually had that statement in print. It was organic yogurt, and maybe that says something. I don’t want to rip on that- but I find something strange here. An effort is being made to bridge cows to people. And I am supposed to feel some emotion about how cows are given all kinds of hormones or kept in barns and not allowed to frolic in the sun?

Meanwhile, I go from church to church to tell people about the KaRen people. How they are victims of genocide at the hand of their own government. Men, women and children killed for their ethnicity and their Christianity. Many people seem unmoved in their response. Maybe it just seems too unreal or too far away to be effective in making some sort of change in the situation.

We are never too far away to pray. In the book of Jonah it speaks of how God is everywhere. There is no place we can go that would distance from Him. I really believe and trust God for a change for the KaRen people in Burma and on the border. I know that God is more than able to answer my prayers for protection and provision for the refugees. And I know that people have more value than cows. So lets join together and pray for the KaRen people. And treat cows humanely. But cows are not people, too.

Keep Listening Always!

I think of kindergarten kids sitting with their legs crossed in a circle. The teacher tells them to turn on their listening ears. They actually do a motion of turning on their ears. Do we do that with our Father? Do we have our listening ears on?

I am in the midst of this season of raising funds. It has, some days, been very discouraging and some days very exciting. One thing is for certain. I am learning much. I am meeting so many new people, learning so many new names, driving to places I have never been before. But more than that, I am praying with an expectation that God will tell me where to go. Who to meet with. What church to contact next.

I was on my way to Thailand last week. In my mind I was ready to go. There was an urgency. I packed my bag. And then I got sick. Now I am having tests at Mayo Clinic next week to see what is wrong. At first I felt so disheartened to not be able to go to Thailand and meet with the people I am working with. I felt prevented. Frustrated. It shocked me how quickly I felt that my plans were being thwarted.

I took a day to seek God. He assured me I was in His plan. My listening ears are on. I am looking to His direction.

Praise God with me that I am 25% supported. Listening has brought blessing. How about you? Are your listening ears on?