Life Among the Dead

Christ Incarnate here on earth today...through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us...

..."on earth as it is in heaven"...

"and the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us..."... I will not leave you alone... "I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Counselor to be with you forever-- the Spirit of truth."

...."I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. You may ask me for anything in my name and I will do it."

the Gospel of John ch. 14

What does Christ Incarnate look like?

Sometimes I picture that we are all like dead people. Dead people... walking around without hope. Christ came down from His throne, sent from the Father, and became like us. He entered this world of death and decay and brought LIFE to those He loves. The life He chose to live on this earth was of serving others.

"Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all. For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many." Mark 10:43-45

Ransomed by God who became like us...in order to know us, to be with us, and to save us. To be like Christ...we need to be near to those we are called to help. To reach the least, lost, and last we must live with them, love them, build relationships. Christ listened to those He helped, He asked them questions. They were important to Him. Christ was not just about feeding the hungry and then leaving. No, He took time to ask personal questions and get to know the individual. Be relational. Be like Christ. When Christ Ascended He left with us the Holy Spirit, who dwells in His people. It is through the Holy Spirit blessed by the Father in Heaven that we can live holy lives, Lord teach us to be Christs' hands and feet in our day and age. Give us a servant spirit and a heart of mercy. In Jesus Name, AMEN.

the first thing i learned...

The first thing I learned even before going to Guatemala... was that ... besides the team I was with...I was still not going alone.

Supported mostly by my home church: Pilgrim OPC I went to Guatemala as a messenger of Christ's love... representing many followers of Christ. Through prayers and financial support I received abundant blessings from many members of the house hold of God in which we are family. Thank you for supporting Christ's mission to Guatemala...thank you for helping to "send me".

On April 13 I wrote in my journal:
"From the fullness of His grace we have all received one blessing after another..." John 1: 16

I have seen in one way how God connects us to be a blessing through this experience already. Your care, love, and support (both financial and especially prayer) is an overwhelming blessing to me... and (praise God) ultimately for the glory of God! It is the Lord God that we serve and it is His work that we... WE do together. "The body has many parts... all to be used for glorifying God!"...in unity with each other! You have enabled me to serve God overseas...I cannot be thankful enough for you. Oh, how I praise God for you!

I look forward to sharing with you what I learned about serving the Least, Lost and Last.

May the Light of the Lords countenance shine upon you and be gracious to you.

Loves.