
As I write this post, we are close to finishing up our 8th month on the ground in Cape Town. The rumor around here is spring is coming but from the weather this week you would have no clue. We have had gale force winds, sideways rain and there is talk we could see snow on Table Mountain.
We were told winter in Cape Town was quite the show and it has not disappointed us...but with that said....bring on spring... I am over all of this.
We were told winter in Cape Town was quite the show and it has not disappointed us...but with that said....bring on spring... I am over all of this.
This week I've been reading in Isaiah and a group of verses have just struck me hard as I face a reality in this area...there are MANY oppressed and hungry and facing injustice...and what is my role in all of it.
"Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen; to loose the chains on injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter - when you see the naked, to clothe him. THEN YOUR LIGHT WILL BREAK FORTH LIKE THE DAWN, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard." Isaiah 58: 6-8
I've written about this before but it seems to be a constant struggle in my soul. I was getting in my car today, in my garage. I said to Tate that our GARAGE is nicer than many of the homes in some of our surrounding communities. It is a solid structure, stays fairly warm even with a window open for the silly cat we inherited....it's nicer than most homes and Tate pointed out that it is the space for about 4 families. WHAT?!?! When did we get to the point that our car and cat have better shelter than people less than one mile from me.
I have to be honest, its a hard thing to grapple over. I have no answers at the moment and never will really....but I think so many of us living in America and many other places don't even grasp the concept that we have so much and they are all LUXURIES not necessities. I was in Red Hill last week with a team and government folks were there passing out and explaining about these portable toilets that can go IN their homes. Yes...IN their homes. On a cold, windy, rainy night they have to leave their house and go to a port-a-potty but now they will have the luxury to have it IN their house. I used to have FOUR toilets in my house.
I have to be honest, its a hard thing to grapple over. I have no answers at the moment and never will really....but I think so many of us living in America and many other places don't even grasp the concept that we have so much and they are all LUXURIES not necessities. I was in Red Hill last week with a team and government folks were there passing out and explaining about these portable toilets that can go IN their homes. Yes...IN their homes. On a cold, windy, rainy night they have to leave their house and go to a port-a-potty but now they will have the luxury to have it IN their house. I used to have FOUR toilets in my house.

Needless to say, it has brought a new awareness in my life about others and trying not to be so focused on ME but on God. We have so much just in our salvation in Christ but He calls us to live that out...to put our faith into action. We can easily live our lives to where we don't have to encounter the poor and needy but I challenge you to step outside your life for a moment and do something and it will be an amazing experience. Let your LIGHT and the LIGHT of CHRIST break forth around you today.
Brooke