Oh to dream a dream...
I am sitting at my computer with my big 9West glasses on that make me look glamourous...or at least things aren't the same color.I am so random and I have been blogging a lot this weekend. It could be because I have spent the entire weekend with children and I am thinking a lot.
On Saturday I hung out with Hannah and Abi for the evening while Brian and Julie had alone time. I love their kids so much...I cannot believe they are going to have a new girl in a month! I am so excited!
Got home and there was a voicemail from Tris inviting me to see a movie about something in Rwanda, as U2 was playing again, and the program just happened to be right next to me on the floor from the World Affair council night I heard Bono speak. So I started to dialogue with Jesus about Africa. I have for the last three years have felt this tugging in my heart in regard to Africa and the AIDS crisis there. Over the years it has become increasingly difficult to ignore it. I still have no clue why Jesus has put this on my heart. I don't have a clue what to do. I pray, maybe I need to pray daily. Maybe I am supposed to talk about it.
I guess I need a little of your wisdom God. I am becoming more and more overwhelmed with His mission and I don't know what to do with that. I could sit here and list everything that I am passionate about like I have a million times before in my head...I just don't get how Jesus is going to take all of these scattered passions, dreams, and turn them into something that makes change...I assume that is why I am so freaking passionate. I want to see the world be a better place, I want America to learn how to share. Hannah and I talked about how americans don't share very well today. Here is a bit of our conversation:
Hannah: "yes we do"
Kat: hmm...let me tell you about an area of the world called sub-saharan Africa. Right now there are a whole bunch of hurting people, not just in Africa but all over the world, but especially in Africa and we are the most industrialized nation with a ton of money and we are not using it to help people that need it because of how consumeristic we are.
Hannah: What is consumeristic?
Kat: We like to spend money and not share with other people.
I want to be an advocate for people that have no voice, who are oppressed and lonely, I want to see the Kingdom of God be furthered in the places where it seems hopeless at times. I believe that God has the power and ability to have people share and be kind to one another. Okay so you are thinking to yourself...what color is the sky where she lives?
Part of me thinks that I need to figure out how to channel all of this energy, part of me thinks that this is the time for me to dream the impossible dreams to walk into what it is I am supposed to.
I am going to take my rose-colored glasses off and go to bed.
-K
posted by Kat @ 10:45 PM
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