Friday, April 29, 2005

"You're So Vain, You Probably Think This Church Is About You"

Yeah, another Carly Simon song.......with one word changed. Maybe that title describes you. I am sure it describes who I have been at one time or another.
One reason I think we are selfish like that is because life is so good that we have to create something to be concerned about, and then gripe about it. Contrast that with the life of Marie who I read about on the BBC in regards to how the genocide in Rwanda shattered her life. Marie was captured near Nyarubuye by Hutus who took her as a sex slave and raped her more than 100 times. Marie contracted Aids from her rapists and afterwards discovered that she was pregnant. That baby died of Aids and Marie is now in the final stages of the disease. She says: "I don't know why this happened to me. I was a good person. It wasn't my fault I was born a Tutsi".

Next time we are considering complaining about the choice of songs at church, our boss at work, or the price of filling up our SUV, let's think about Marie. And think about all the hard work you put in to be born in America....many of us to Christian parents.

I'm on the plane to California and the Pepperdine Lectures tomorrow. So this will probably be the last post for several days. God bless all of you brothers and sisters!

8 Comments:

At 4:09 PM, Blogger PatrickMead said...

The reason we complain is that we are so blessed! On the mission field you constantly see the poorest people smiling and singing. They do not expect life to be wonderful. They know it isn't about them. When you are in desperate straits any comfort is a wonderful blessing. When you live in comfort, any discomfort is a tragedy.

 
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