A Sunday afternoon reflection:
"It is not comfortable or easy. It is not always explainable or relatable. It is not self OR Church promoting. It is not branding. It is not exploiting the poor or rescuing the helpless. It is not newsletters and updates of individual OR team works. It is not about compromises and agendas. It is not about reaching the lost, unreached people groups or saving the wretched. It is not about judgements and condemnations. It is not about religion, rules and regulations. It is not about choice of clothing, what someone drinks or how many tatoos one wears. It is not about strategy, planning and numbers. MISSIONS IS NOT ABOUT CONVERSIONS. It is not for the called, the holy, the obedient or righteous. Missions is not about the elite, clean, or humble. Missions is not free from messy, bondage, fear and persecution. It is not about flow charts, titles or agendas. It is not corporate. Missions is not about perfection or execution (as in works). It's not about villages, people groups and cities.
What IS missions? A VERB. In the most simplest form, missions is an action. Going, doing, being, seeing, loving, serving, helping, communicating, accepting, embracing. It is about giving, going, sending (both locally and abroad). It is a life choice-an action to obedience-. It is for everyone and about everyone. It is about truth. It is love. It is a path emulated by Christ. It is the gospel."
(Excerpt from Blog Post by Thailand Missionary Beth Clark)
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