africa...again...
i got to hear Titus Khamala of Kenya, Africa tonight...he came to d-group to talk to the hs kids about african issues...he talked about the aids crisis, poverty, the need for clean water, and evangelism...it was so great to hear his stories...one of the most important things that i think i heard, though, was that he encouraged us, as americans, to be more thankful people...he talked about how we can just go to the refrigerator and get a glass of water...without even thinking about it...and how getting clean water is a huge chore for african people...
wow...i dont think i am making any sense right now...ok...so heres the deal...i keep finding myself revisiting africa...i keep wanting to know more...i keep seeing it on tv...i keep hearing about it...and the more i hear about it the more i want to go there...i have no idea what i would do there...i have no idea what i would do there...i have no idea about any of it...i just wanna go...thats it...and really when i think about it...its kinda like i wanna move there...i want to wake up each day and just be with people...and help people...and not have to go to "work" or worry about any of that stuff...i guess its kinda like this...i want the simplicity that comes with it...and i want the struggle that comes with it...i dont have much of those things...my life is not really very simple...i make it very complicated...and its certainly not much of a struggle...i have a lot...and i keep getting more...food whenever i want...all kinds of electronics...blah blah blah...not a whole lot of struggle...
i want to live the life that i was meant to live...its like the subtitle of this blog...someone who wants to be more...and i think that the life i was meant to live would look more like christ's...more focused on people...those suffering...instead of on myself so much...and i think that i might need something as severe as africa to get me to that point...to wake me up...to force me to look beyond myself...
this is not where i thought this post would go...interesting...
wow...i dont think i am making any sense right now...ok...so heres the deal...i keep finding myself revisiting africa...i keep wanting to know more...i keep seeing it on tv...i keep hearing about it...and the more i hear about it the more i want to go there...i have no idea what i would do there...i have no idea what i would do there...i have no idea about any of it...i just wanna go...thats it...and really when i think about it...its kinda like i wanna move there...i want to wake up each day and just be with people...and help people...and not have to go to "work" or worry about any of that stuff...i guess its kinda like this...i want the simplicity that comes with it...and i want the struggle that comes with it...i dont have much of those things...my life is not really very simple...i make it very complicated...and its certainly not much of a struggle...i have a lot...and i keep getting more...food whenever i want...all kinds of electronics...blah blah blah...not a whole lot of struggle...
i want to live the life that i was meant to live...its like the subtitle of this blog...someone who wants to be more...and i think that the life i was meant to live would look more like christ's...more focused on people...those suffering...instead of on myself so much...and i think that i might need something as severe as africa to get me to that point...to wake me up...to force me to look beyond myself...
this is not where i thought this post would go...interesting...
posted by Danny Sells at 12/14/2005
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