The 21 Day iPod Shuffle Challenge
If you come to the TinyChat meetings on The Endtime Tribune, you know that my dad talks a lot about the 21-day "prayer fast," where you pray about one thing and one thing only for 21 days. Well, I'm taking that challenge myself. But to add to that, I have a hard time having faith that God will even answer my prayers--ya know, cuz God does whatever He wants to. So I have to work on my faith the same time I'm praying for 21 days, so that I have the determination to keep that covenant. The way I'm going to do it is the 21-day iPod Shuffle Challenge--something I came up with myself.
A lot of the time, I'm praying for an answer and I ask God to give me that answer through a song. I just grab my mp3 player and put it on shuffle, and whatever song that comes up--be it a love song or a praise song--is supposed to answer my question somehow. Does it work? Well, sometimes. A few times I think God's sense of humor has kicked in and He gives me a song that has nothing to do with what I'm asking about. Well, for the next 21 days, once a day I'll put my mp3 player on Shuffle and think of a Christian lesson that goes with that song!
Today's Challenge: Love Hate (On and On) by Disciple
This song has been stuck in my head ever since it started playing on my mp3 player this morning. Most of the lyrics copy my own thoughts. It talks about how some--in fact, most--of the world is filled with hate. Mothers kill their own children (yes I mean abortion), sons fight with their fathers, parents beat their children beyond need or reason, teenagers are forced to endure a life of brutal harrassment, innocence is stolen from little children before they can even understand what they're doing. Everyone is born into evil, especially in a day and age where lust and money take precedence over love.
Remember the verse in the Bible, "God is love"? In a world where God is hated and spurned, there is very little love. Sure, you meet someone every once in a while who would give their very life for the people they love. But it's SO RARE. Love, along with God, has been practically burned at stake. People think it's stupid to love someone unconditionally, to let them walk all over you.
Most people don't even know about love. Jesus is the only one who can bring the light of love into their dark souls. The job is given to YOU to show them some of that love, and Jesus will take it from there. Are you willing to sacrifice yourself? Are you up to it? No, it's not easy to love. It's not easy at all. But we're Christians--and that also means we are warriors. Help Jesus stop the hate--you are His tool here on earth.
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