A little blurb of my Sunday night thoughts...

Something that's been impacting me is just looking at how Jesus did his ministry. Half the time he was healing people and the other half he was talking to them. I am personally quite excited about the talking aspect of missions and I've honestly been wondering why God has lead me to a Global Justice minor; and then I think he gave me a little clue in lesson 12 of Perspectives. We learned that social action is intertwined with evangelism and that evangelism isn't with mere words. It's like our words explain why we have compassion, why we would love our enemies, and all the other things that boggle the minds of unbelievers. I think witnessing is less about how many converts we 'get' and more about how God is transforming lives and us carrying the message he wants to convey to every people group on earth. Jesus was God's ultimate message, he was the Word and he was made flesh. I think God is teaching me to be not just a person of words ( eve though I really really love words!), but a person of action. "The Word of God is living and active, sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joint and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart" (Heb. 4:12). God's Word is living and active--in me--and I am also his word made flesh when I live a life in reflection of God's heart and view love as a powerful verb and practice it!