domingo, 7 de dezembro de 2008

JOY



I just came back from the village of Miaji and I was faced with an atmosphere of extreme joy! Not because we (akunia’s – white people) were there, but because someOne else, something else was happening in the air. The reflection of the eyes of the children and the people in the village were not because of what we have to offer them but because the Love that they were feeling. We showed the Jesus film (inteeennnseeee…. I particularly don’t like the Jesus film …) but God uses all things in all to make His name be glorified including my unlikeness unto the whole Jesus film setup, PJ – PRAISE JESUS for that! ; anyway after the movie we saw no great miracles besides a multitude of hands saying that they had understood what it means to live a Love with no barriers to experience a true joy that flows from the inside. The Chief of the village comes up to the truck, grabs the microphone and declares how amazing he found that message and the truth that He had received from it.

The next day a group of the kids came to be with us, not because we had food or water, they never asked for any food or water, or for anything at all, because that’s not what they were after, they wanted to rejoice with us, in the presence of each other, simply to be.

How many times we have broken God’s heart but still he forgives us because he simply wants us to be and to experience the true joy that flows from our inside, from His spirit. I invite you to be, to stay in his presence and taste more of that joy that doesn’t long for nothing else besides His presence, that reflects nothing else besides a Love that is capable of transforming the entire atmosphere of your environment; that is not based on how much you own but how much you’ve grown and you’ve changed from hanging around Papa, Jesus and the Holy spirit.

“ […] Life is not measured by how much you own …” Luke 12:15b

Laugh, live, LOVE!

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