The service was talking about the passage when Jesus looked at the man, simply said follow me, and the man dropped everything to follow Christ, Family, clothes, money, whatever he had. He simply got up, obeyed, and looked forward.
We, as Christians, are going to feel uncomfortable. If we don't, we're not doing something right. We are going to lose friends, family even. But following and looking back bitterly at what we're leaving, well you might as well never have followed in the first place.
This message hit me today. I've forgotten that God is so much more than the people in my life. He is worth it. We will be judged, we will have critics, we could even be hated for the message we share.But what is more important, that friend, or the Creator, the King.
After church, we went to a place next door called Josiah's house. Its a home for boys without parents, where they can live with a family there until they turn 18 years old. They're a very new, small group of people from the US with incredible loving hearts for these kids. I got the opportunity to be the translator with a new candidate to act as the parents. We all talked for about 2 hours, then went back home, the family cooked us an Argentinian BBQ. :) There's a missionary family from Argentina here that I've been getting close to. They have such sincere hearts. I just adore them,
This is my Lucy, mi hermanita :)
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