God has really been working on my heart, opening my eyes up to the things that break his heart! When I came to Africa for the first time in 2008 God broke my heart for the children of Africa and orphans and street children, the most vulnerable. This time God has broken my heart for people that are lost, broken and vulnerable, those rejected by society, those hurting and those how are lost in this world. I know the beauty of having a personal relationship with God, I know the hope he brings, the life he brings, the love and the transformation he turns the broken into beautiful.
Porcelain heart – Barlow girl
“Creator only you take brokenness, and create it into beauty once again.”
The other day I saw a disturbing scene, my friend and I were eating in a cafe and a homeless lady walked in, she stood in the middle of the room, looking around for someone to reach out for someone to care, and she smelt of urine and most turned the other way. Then the cleaner come out and to make her leave he hit her with mop he held until she left. My friend stood up and went to the cleaner and calmed him down and spoke to him about how inappropriate that was, and it made me think this is what it means to be a Christian to take a stand for those rejected even when it puts us in the firing line.
We need to “act justly, love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.” (Micah 6:8)
This woman came in and craved love and instead received rejection.
And that night I really struggling with what I had seen and God gave me this passage;
Zephaniah 3:19-20
“And I will deal severely with all who have oppressed you. I will save the weak and helpless ones; I will bring together those who chased away. I will give glory and fame to my former exiles, wherever they have been mocked and shamed. On that day I will gather you together and bring you home again. I will give you a good name, a name of distinction, among all the nation of the earth, as I restore your fortunes before their very eyes. I, the Lord, have spoken!”
This is the heart of God and this is why the good news is the best news in the whole world. God loves everyone on this earth, but those rejected and despised he’s there for, just look at Jesus, look at who he spent most of his time with, sure he spoke to big crowds but most of the time you found him seeking those on the fringes of society. Tax collectors, prostitutes, lepers and if we call ourselves his followers we need to do the same, love til it hurts, stepping out of our comfort zone, and living against the culture we live in.
Hosea 10:12
“I
said, ‘Plant the good seeds of righteousness a crop of love. Plow up
the hard ground of your hearts, for now is the time to seek the Lord
that he may come and shower righteousness upon you.”
Mother teresa said, "I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love."
We are all broken until we receive Gods love that heals us so we can help lead other broken people to the place of healing.
Break my heart – Jonny Diaz
I see children in slavery
Torn too much so I turn off the tv
A world away from the world there in
So I give in before I even begin
To try to make this right
To try to love like Christ
Help me see through the eyes of hurting
Come break my heart, come break my heart
True grace see’s a face not burden
So come break my heart, wont you break my heart
Come break my heart
Its hard to see past my picked fence
So I give a bit from a guilty conscience
How I can I really make change
When I’m too afraid to even feel their pain
So help me see through the eyes of hurting
Come break my heart, come break my heart
True grace see’s a face not burden
So come break my heart, wont you break my heart
Come break my heart
I believe that love can bridge the distance
And I believe one can make a difference
‘Cause one man on a cross changed the world
So help me see through the eyes of hurting
Come break my heart, come break my heart
True grace see’s a face not burden
So come break my heart, wont you break my heart
Come break my heart
So help me see through the eyes of hurting
Come break my heart, come break my heart
Show me love should never be a burden
Come break my heart, wont you break my heart
Come break my heart
Do something – Matthew West
I woke this morning saw a world full of trouble now
I thought how did we get so far down
and how is ever going to turn around
so i turned my eyes to heaven
I though God why don’t you do something
Well I just couldn’t bear the thought of people living in poverty
And children sold into slavery, the thought just disgusted me so shock my fist at heaven and said God why don’t you do something.
And said I did, yeah, I created you
Now listen, If not us then who
if not me and you
Right now, well its time for us to do something
If not now then when
will see an end to all this pain
It’s not enough to do nothing
It’s time for us to do something
Im sick of talking about how we are Gods hands and feet
But its easier to say than to be
Live like angels of apathy or tell ourselves its alright someone else will do something
I don’t know about you but I’m sick and tired of a life without desire
I don’t want a flame I want and fire
I wanna be the one that stands up and says I’m goin to do something
If not us then who
if not me and you
Right now, it’s time for us to do something
If not now then when
Will see an end to all this pain
It’s not enough to do nothing
It’s time for us to do something
We are the salt of the earth
We are a city on a hill
Shine, shine, shine
We’re never gonna change the world
By standing still
No we won’t stand still x3
If not us then who
if not me and you
Right now,
It’s time for us to do something
If not now then when
will see an end to all this pain
It’s not enough to do nothing
It’s time for us to do something x3
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