Broken and Lost

God has been working on my heart, I don't know what he is saying, what he is doing or what He has planned, but he is moving in my heart. He's opening my eyes to so many things in the life of those around me, and even those beyond my reach.

I'm constantly being reminded of the pain in this world, the cancer, the sickness, the people who are hurt physically, and the words that we think should be easy to "roll of our shoulders" yet linger and sear our hearts....

There's some things we never think of, like the fact that you are reading this on a computer (or phone), most likely a device you own, probably sitting in an air conditioned/heated home, with running water, and food in your fridge, at least one vehicle to your families name, maybe some chagne in the console, clothes in your closet, shoes to wear....most likely a few pairs that are "cute" and not just "practicial" like tennis shoes.

Let's take that to the flip side. There are people all over the world that live in homes with NO electricity, no heater or air conditioner, no running water, no fridge for food, very little or no food to their name, have never seen a vehicle let alone ridden in one or owned one, no money to their name, maybe not even one pair of shoes to their name.....

I stay home with my kids, and while that is an important job (one of the most important jobs) there is a world of pain, hurt and need outside my front door...a world that is so easy to forget when it's not a part of our daily lives. While I'm complaining about washing my dishes off so I can put them in the dishwasher there is a mother in another country serving her family on rocks for dishes, or maybe eating out of a community pot of stew. While I'm complaining about my piles of laundry there is a mother out there washing her kids one pair of clothes in a river, or a lake, or maybe a puddle.  When I open my fridge and pantry complain that I have "no food" to eat as I scan the unappealing items I have remaining there is a mom searching desperately for something to feed her children, because they haven't eaten in 4 days. We complain of gas prices while some people walk barefoot every single place they go, we complain about a busy schedule filled with technically non-essential events that fill our calander, while there are people whose children do not even receive an education.

God is moving my heart. Sure, I know that I still say things or do things that show my selfish nature but my eyes are being opened much more to the fact that there is a broken and lost world outside my front door, some of those broken and lost people may be neighbors, or friends, or family, or people I see in passing, some of those broken and lost people are all the way across the world, in countries I've never been in, places I could never imagine, and situations that would bring me to tears.

I pray the Lord keep moving in my heart, continue to open my eyes to the broken and lost world I'm in, and help me remember what's truly important...........