Seth Barnes May 7, 2006 8:00 PM

Jesus wants to break your heart

  You don't really belong to Jesus in the sense that he can control your actions on a daily basis until he has broken your heart.  You may no...

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You don't really belong to Jesus in the sense that he can control your actions on a daily basis until he has broken your heart.  You may not understand that statement, in which case I recommend that you trade places with Chad Mast - go to India and help the orphans there.  Chad describes what that looks like for him today in this blog excerpt from an Indian orphanage where temperatures reach 128 degrees daily and there is not enough food or water:

"I lie under a half moon directly above my head with the temperature at about 85 degrees, the sound of hundreds of mosquitoes buzzing around and all I can think about is how lucky I am that God chose me. I am in the middle of a country that persecutes Christians to the fullest extent; some states actually have a law that if anyone is converted to a different religion other than their birth religion they can be put to death.

Some might think, what are you doing there, why would you want to convert someone? I rejoice in praise at the thought. This calling is such a blessing, to bring the Love of Jesus Christ to people that have never heard the Gospel is an honor. Think about it, this life is between 60-100 years if you are lucky, what are you going to do for the next eternity? My job is to show this to 80 beautiful orphans.

My heart has been broken twice since I have been here. The first experience happened when I got the whole story on some of the women that are here...." continued here.

 

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