silence shouts decibles

"Simplicity is freedom. Duplicity is bondage. Simplicity brings joy and balance. Duplicity brings anxiety and Fear." -- Richard J. Foster

.....time for a lifestyle change.

seeing the faces. hearing the stories. contemplating the statistics. reading the verses. my life needs to change. time to start allowing Jesus to reign in my life. time to start relizing that i am created for his pleasure alone... those with disease and poverty are created for his pleasure alone.

he is not pleased with the poverty that is taking over africa, india, russia, all over the world. he isn't pleased with the success satan is having with the HIV/AIDS pandemic, while christians sit back and watch it happen or worse yet-- ignore it, considering it too big or "not of our concern". We may not speak it but we don't need to because our actions are shouting. quoted from Hotel Rwanda americans say. "that's horrible, and go on eating their dinner". we cannot deny it... i cannot deny it. i'm sick of being an america citizen. i want to be a world citizen.

conviction rose up in me while sitting at the HIV/AIDS summit at wheaton college. conviction because of voices that go unheard, conviction because i am entrusted with much and i waste it and conviction because bask in the sin of omission. those are just to name a few... ignorance.

It's time to pray more, advocate more, listen more, serve more. it's time to make it personal. "The body of Christ is HIV positive". what am I going to do about it? Jer. 22