So...I've been thinking about service and how President Obama is calling on us as a nation to begin helping our fellow man. It's so cool how God works, because as Todd Phillips, teaching pastor of Frontline is going through our 4 core values on Sunday he spoke about our core value #3 "Serve". That is one of the area within our body as a church which is lower in numbers, Yes, we are growing, and connecting with each other within small groups, but why do we limit ourselves in serving others? Again, as I sat there on Sunday night sitting in a row with people who I consider to be are very important to me and who I'm living life together with as a believer, KNOW I'm called to something more. I want to be stretched, and the Lord has blessed me and my brothers and sistas in Christ with amazing spiritual gifts which are to be used to serve and share the gospel. Hmmm.....I'm ready and I know within the next week God is going to raise up others with me to begin servicing the Washington Metropolitan and internationally for His glory!!!
Onto Inauguration day. 1/20/09. I was up at 1:30am watching Oprah's pre-inaugural show taped earlier in the day and as I'm watching the celebrities, listening to Vice-President elect Joe Biden and his wife Jill speak, and hearing the song "America's Song", I'm was getting more excited about what is going to be happening in a few hours from now, HISTORY, and I was going to be a part of it! I know that there are a lot of people who aren't happy about the outcome of the Presidential election and that is fine, but I'm just saying today, stop being upset and start being a person of CHANGE! I don't want this to come off in a negative way, but stop complaining and do something! Everyone in our country and around the world witnessed and were a part of a time that will be recorded in the the history books. I want to be able to tell my children that I was a person of CHANGE and I did something of purpose. If you dream and strive you can do great things too. Since coming back from Rwanda in May 2008, and serving with a phenomenal team ( Dave, Lauren, Steve, Becky, Tina, Jung, Lisa, and Jamin), as well as with the ROCK STARS of World Relief (Myal, Kijucka Thomas, and Phil and Becca Smith, and other awesome people) with MBC's church partnership, I've been struggling with where I'm suppose to be serving. I witnessed firsthand extreme poverty in Rwanda and Kenya, then coming back I went through a difficult re-enter process but now as I see that I've been blessed with being born in a country where I can help those who are considered the "least of these" and I'm humble and in awe of how I'm currently going to be used. My voice with others who have discovered their calling and purpose, can be encouraged and challenged to strive for greatness. President Obama had to sacrifice and endure a lot, with first being an African American man, but he did it and now he is getting ready to lead this country which I'm proud to be a citizen of. I guess as I watched and took in all of the inaugural coverage throughout the day and listening to President Obama's speech which so eloquently put it that it is time to dust ourselves off, get up and realize that we are not a defeated country. We may have some big wounds and bruised that we are facing that include war, the financial crisis, and the dire state of our environment , BUT I know we are a country that will continue to be strong during our time of trials and adversity. I will not forget today for it will be a constant reminder that it's time for me and those who are running with me in this journey called life as we are the ones called by the Lord to act, serve, love, and share. It's a lot to take in but I just wanted to share.
Tressa :)
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