Power

It's me, not my imagination this time. I have news for you. I have the power! Well, as this blog's creator, I have the power to move it (which I have already done), delete it (which I'm not going to), rename it (which I will have to do once the summer is over), or split it into two blogs (which I am in the process of doing). You see, I really enjoy my imagination, but I also enjoy sharing about real stuff that I'm thinking about. So instead of having confusing switches between me and my imagination, I'm going to make my imagination its own blog. Very accommodating, aren't I?

By tomorrow, my imagination will have its own blogging address. I'll post it so that you'll be able to follow it all the way to Belgium and wherever else my imagination might take me.

Veering into reality, the Lord was really trying to get my attention today. In Sunday school, I was convicted of my selfishness. All I could think was, what if I died right after college? What would I have to show for it other than just a degree? Not that a degree is something to sneeze at, but in eternity, what is God going to do with an accounting degree? *think, think, think* Oh right. Nothing. I don't want to have wasted my college years doing my own thing and missing out on opportunities to serve.

Then in the evening service, my pastor preached an excellent message on Christ teaching the disciples about compassion. I never thought of the feeding of the 4,000 as Christ's way to teach compassion, but it was. We have to use what we have (the 7 loaves), we have to use all we have, and we have to use only what we have. I can't wait around until I feel like I have all the talent necessary to minister. I need to see the needs of right now and figure out how I can meet them. But the hardest part is not the action. I can force myself to see needs and meet them, but only Christ can give me a spirit of compassion for others. I spend so much time worrying about what I need to be satisfied or happy and I don't even stop to think about anyone else. Selfishness. Ick. I'm disgusted at myself right about now.

Game plan for the week: Pray for eyes to see the needs of others. Pray for a heart of compassion. Pray for the willingness to meet the needs. And then do it.