Numb.

I sometimes feel so numb. Numb to the deep pain surrounding me, wether that be psychical, mental, or spiritual. I remember the first time I arrived in a Tibetan Buddhist town in China earlier this year. I remember how I felt such a burden for these precious souls who were deeply lost, not just lost but unreached. Almost all of these people had never even once heard the good news of Christ!!! I remember almost weeping for these people as I stopped to pray for them. Just a few days ago I found myself back in this town only this time it seemed it didn’t phase me as much. I still felt burdened for them but not like that first time. Now I’m sitting on plane looking back on some pictures of this area in China and was reminded how easy it is to grow cold towards the dire needs around me. I have the great opportunity to travel the and see the world in so any different ways... but with that I can almost become complacent towards all the pain, suffering, and oppression I see because I’ve seen it thousands of times. I hate that! I never want my heart to stop breaking. I never want to become comfortable. I never want to stop caring. I want my heart to break for each and everything that breaks my Father’s heart. I want to live broken. I want to live with eyes open and turned towards the need. I want to live with my hands and feet moving toward the pain, suffering, and oppression. Oh Lord, may my heart never grow cold. There is a world of oppressed people who need us to stop, who need us to care. Take these Buddhist as an example, here they are fully committed to their religion. They spend hours a day walking around their shrines, going through their prayer beads, and spinning the prayer wheels. They do this because they want to earn their way to heaven. They do this because it’s all they know. They do this because they haven’t ever even had the chance to hear the good news of Jesus Christ! They are in such spiritual bondage and they need someone to come and tell them of the one true God who can set them free!!! This is just 1 need, in just 1 small town, in the middle of just 1 country. Join me in asking God to break our heart’s for what breaks His. It won’t be easy but it’s sure better then turning a blind eye to our neighbors. Let us never grow numb to the needs around the world, instead let’s rise up and serve Christ radically!!!!!!