Weary, Worn, and Waiting

Pictures from my time in WanHwa area today. So many seem so lost. So many seem to have no where to go, no plan for anything to do, no energy to find a new way -- except for the guys who are quite animated as they throw their money away gambling.

So, I ask God as I walk, "So I see these folks. I've seen them before. I'll see them again. To only see them, what is that? What is it that you want me to do in order to make this seeing fruitful?"

I was led to speak on Sunday from Luke 18 where the Pharisee and the tax collector pray in church -- one with great pride and the other with a heart open to God's great love. The tax collector received God's mercy and went home in God's eyes a righteous man. The Pharisee who did everything right? -- big problems before God.

What is it that God wants us to see of our common humanity, common need, common ability to dream because He's with us, and together find hope and healing. Lots. It doesn't matter what continent we are on -- even an island -- the truth remains the same. We are loved, we have hope. God is longing today to help us find our way.