Why do we wait to go to a third world country to find "the least of these"?
My struggle is this: Why do we ignore "the least of these (the hungry, the broken, the lost, the poor, the down trodden) in our own neighborhood?
I believe in missions. The Bible is very clear that we are to "go and make disciples of all nations."
I fully believe that God calls people to short term mission trips and also long term missions. I don't argue that.
What I struggle with is this: We will get on an airplane and fly for hours on end to a third world country to love on precious, dark skinned children. YET, when we are home, we separate our children from their brown skinned friends. We discourage inter racial dating. We get uncomfortable when someone of the black race (I'm just being real honest here guys) enters our church and tries to worship with us. Why is that?
Why do we see a difference in a child that is need in another country and a child that is need in our own neighborhood?
Why do we allow our children to play with kids of other races at school, but if they asked for them to spend the night, or to go to their home, or begin dating that person, we flip out. Be real here. What sense does that make?
Why do we only show God's goodness, grace, and love to people of opposite races when we are away from home and in their country?
Why do we snap pictures of ourselves loving on an orphan of a different race, but would never think to adopt a child of that race from our own country? Are they any more/less deserving of a family than those children we are certain need love and a home here?
I have a hard time reconciling these things in my own life. I struggle. My prayer is for God to break my heart and to show me my own hypocrisy.
