I get a free world map from Doctors Without Borders every month.
I have one on the wall in my bedroom. I have circled every place on the map where I have friends. I have also circled regions of major conflict (MYANMAR (Burma), Darfur, Iraq, Chile...etc). I marked every place where I hope to go someday.
I use this map and the "World Events" section of the newspaper to pray. On the top of the map, I wrote "Pray for Darfur Today" with a giant arrow running straight through Europe and the Sahara desert, pointing to Darfur. I hurt emotionally for them, but there is also a physical pain in my chest when I pray for the people there.
Lately, a lot of people at school have been getting information out about this genocide, and have been trying to raise money too. It frustrates me that so many Americans think that money can really change things so much. What are the people in Darfur going to do with money? What they need is their freedom, a home, a reason not to be frightened for their lives constantly, a release from the pain, some relief from the sand storms caused by our unsustainable environmental impact. Not money. They don't need distant pity. they need true care. a love that can be felt.
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Love requires action. What does that look like?
yes. agreed. I'm not saying that everyone needs to go to Darfur...but someone does. Love is needed everywhere.
It requires personal relationship. It could look like spending the time you don't have with someone who is lonely, or jumping up and down with kids who don't know what it feels like to be treated as people who matter, or picking lice out of a baby's hair. I think it looks like using everything you have and everything you are to make other people feel important, needed, or cared for.
It ultimately looks like Jesus on the cross.
and now...the body of christ, that undeniable love, is needed in every corner of this world.
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