On my way back to Budapest yesterday, I finished, reviewed and decided which thoughts I thought to post… here you go…
A Hole in Our Gospel by Richard Stearns
“And yet only about 4 percent of all U.S. charitable giving goes to international causes of any kind. We have become detached and indifferent toward the constant and repeated images of poverty and adversity that bombard us. In fact, our apathy has even earned its own term: compassion fatigue. But we cannot claim that we don’t know our distant neighbor is in need – not anymore, not today.” (p. 102)
“Bob Pierce once said, ‘Don’t fail to do something just because you can’t do everything.’” (p. 152)
“How many loaves do you have? Bring them here to Me.” (-Jesus )(p. 256)
“But if you truly want to follow Christ and carry the good news in tangible ways throughout our world, neither of these approaches is very useful. The pessimist here sees only obstacles. The optimist sees only opportunities. But the realist sees the possibilities between the two. And that’s who we must be. We must be people of the possible.” (p. 274-5)
“In the end, God calls you to be faithful to the things he has given you to do. He doesn’t require you to be a superstar, just faithful and obedient, by praying, loving, serving, giving, forgiving, healing, and caring – doing small things with great love.” (p. 277)
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