Holding Air

Well...the mattresses held air. That's a good thing. Sleep was OK, but not great. At least we have a bed and a roof over our head. We are wondering if Kayla and Carter would do better on the air mattresses and we'll take their beds.

We are really starting to feel strange about all of our things being gone. The bedroom furniture is something that was more impactful. Clothes are laying around on the floor. All we have in our bedroom are clothes and two air mattresses. We sold our dining room table and piano. It's really empty in here. We are using a card table and chairs as the main (only) furniture we have in the house.

It is a little difficult to break what has been ingrained in our heads for so long - that our comfort and security is stored up in the things that we possess. Things like furniture, houses, bank accounts and 401(k)s, pets, toys (motorcycles, boats and cars), and computers are all things that distract us and change our focus from being on things that do matter and do not disappear to things that do not matter and do disappear.

Not everyone is called to sell all they have. We are not merely taking the Bible and doing what it says literally (which is appropriate at times). The Lord has called us to go and serve in Haiti (for how long, I don't know) and that just happens to include selling everything (or 99% of it) and following Jesus.

Matthew 6:19-21
“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust [5] destroy and where thieves break in and steal, 20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."

That last part is where the meat really is for us. Within the last 2-3 years, we have really started to see what being a Christian is really about.

We now see that the things we used to strive for (money, racecar, camper, possessions) do not make us happy, in fact, just the opposite. Those things take up our time. They make us feel empty. They take the place of things and people that matter. Those people consist of family, freinds, and co-workers.

If our time is being taken up in things, we ignore people. We are holding air. These things will not come with us in the end and they do not matter. In the end what do you think the prize is of the saying "He who has the most toys wins"? There is one...

Showing people the hope and love found in a relationship with Jesus is something the Bible tells us to do by sharing the gospel. That is an everlasting prize. That's what God has called us to do - help the Baptist Haiti Mission share the gospel in Haiti through all of their ministries.