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March 1, 2007
I ALMOST CAN READ ENGLISH
Here is one of my recent Experices!
Morris is a 12 year old Liberian boy who is visible and active. A year ago I picked up 5 Liberian boys from South City to take them to a Tuesday night meeting. Myself and some friends were leading them how to be a Christian and playing with the basket ball and so on. I asked them if they like the life in America. A question I ask every fellow African once in a while. All of them told me their experience in High School and how differnt it is than in Africa. Most of all they are embarrased that they can not read as High Schoolers. I was sad to hear that but I was happy too. Because now they have found their voice and they expressed their desire. This is may be a place where we can have a contact point with these boys.
I met with some friends who were coming for tuesday nights and Asked them to start a "toutoring progam." Morris was one of the guys who has asked me for the help. I was hanging out with Morris yesterday and he said to me because he almost read English now and he can learn computers.
One boy is so thankful because "he almost read english" The small things we are doing in other peoples life may go unnoticed sometimes with the people whom we are expecting to understand us. But God is not like that. He understands what we are doing and committed to reward that. Listen to what God is saying:
"13For when God made [His] promise to Abraham, He swore by Himself, since He had no one greater by whom to swear, 14Saying, Blessing I certainly will bless you and multiplying I will multiply you. (A) 15And so it was that he [Abraham], having waited long and endured patiently, realized and obtained [in the birth of Isaac as a pledge of what was to come] what God had promised him. 16Men indeed swear by a greater [than themselves], and with them in all disputes the oath taken for confirmation is final [ending strife]. 17 Accordingly God also, in His desire to show more convincingly and beyond doubt to those who were to inherit the promise the unchangeableness of His purpose and plan, intervened (mediated) with an oath. 18This was so that, by two unchangeable things [His promise and His oath] in which it is impossible for God ever to prove false or deceive us, we who have fled [to Him] for refuge might have mighty indwelling strength and strong encouragement to grasp and hold fast the hope appointed for us and set before [us]. 19[Now] we have this [hope] as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul [it cannot slip and it cannot [ a]break down under whoever steps out upon it--a hope] that reaches [b]farther and enters into [the very certainty of the Presence] within the veil, (B) 20Where Jesus has entered in for us [in advance], a Forerunner having become a High Priest forever after the order (with [ c]the rank) of Melchizedek.(C)
God is committed to bring his kingdom in his life and we are called to do this for them and I praise the Lord for that. Because we Worship a God who is true to his promis and rewards. God will reward all of us for what we meant in these kids lives in the midst of pain and mess. Because we worship the God who is true to his words. In my culture some older people told me that their word never dropped on the ground. Which culturally means they will do what they have promised. I have seen those people in my culture and the people outside of my culture that their words fall on the ground terribly. But when it comes to the God you and I worship and serve here is another word:
"56Blessed be the Lord, Who has given rest to His people Israel, according to all that He promised. Not one word has failed of all His good promise which He promised through Moses His servan t"
God is committed to fulfill his promise of justice with or without us. But we are privilaged to be part of this. Because God has called us to join him in this venture I am committed not only to one to many Morrisses to say not "almost" but to their complete change in the work of the kingdom. Though it is hard though is painful you and I worship the God who overcomes harsh pain and fulfilled his promise. So I will persevere as all of you have taught me in one way or another.
I love you all.
Thanks For being my friends.
| By kishawork2 | 12:01 AM
