Happy Valentines Day! I'm sure love is on everybody's mind today so I thought I'd blog about it too. Plus Br gave me the idea so I guess I should thank her.
Well, if you haven't heard we spent the last five days in the hottest city in Central America, Choluteca. We spent most of our time at the local CNI (Clinica del Nutrición infantil) hanging out with kids and trying to burn some of their energy. Unfortunately, they ended up tiring us before they were even remotely out of energy. On the very last day at the CNI we decided to have a piñata. At the time it sounded like a great idea, but in the midst of the chaos of screaming and yelling we all regretted our original plan. At one point I had all of the children lined up against the wall as best as I possibly could, sending them one by one to the piñata for their turn. One girl, who had already had her turn, walked up to me and tried to tell me that she hadn't gone yet. I told her that I knew she already had her turn and she looked me in the face and said "MALA." I turned right back to her and told her to sit down. She refused. I asked again. She refused again. This time I demanded that she sit down. She repeated herself, "MALA!" I didn't hold back and I'm not proud of it. I said it right back to her, "MALA."
On the way home that evening Brynne and I were listening to her ipod. I heard the following lyrics:
"In these bodies we will live, in these bodies we will dieAnd where you invest your love, you invest your lifeIn these bodies we will live, in these bodies we will dieAnd where you invest your love, you invest your life"
At this point my mind went directly back to the situation from earlier that day. In that moment I didn't love her, I didn't even like her, but maybe she needed love in that second and I kept it from her. If I'm not investing love into people's lives, what am I investing? If even a "missionary" doesn't show God's love, what kind of example is that? The song continued...
"Awake my soulAwake my soulAwake my soulFor you were made to meet your maker"
I realized that I don't even know how to completely love God, so how am I supposed to show his love? My heart's cry this week and for the weeks to come is that God awakens my soul. In Matthew it says, "Love the Lord your God with all of your heart, with all your soul and with all of your mind." I need to learn what that kind of love is and I pray that God will reveal it to me so I can be an example to others.
Sending love and hugs!
-Kate
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