While in Africa one of the questions I wrestled with was the that poverty and the reasoning for it. Why did I get to be born into suburban usa while another was born into the poorest of poor conditions in Chabbobboma, Zambia? This idea of God being a just God sometimes eludes me at times like this. But does justice equal equality? and in God's economy what does justice look like? I am not sure I have concrete answers to these types of questions but one thing I am sure of is that of God's love. God loves the world. He loves those in Africa as much as those in the U.S as much as those in China and around the world we go. All loved equally by the same God, the creator of it all. So as I stood and watched the sunset over the Zambezi River God showed me his love for the world in the form of a sunset, one of the most beautiful I have ever seen. He is bigger than poverty, he is bigger than politics, and bigger than materialism. He is most assuredly larger than any conceptions I can conjure up. But the author of love is the author of the sunsets.
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Breathtaking....
jim, i know i have been wrestling with the same issues. i don't understand why my life is so easy in comparison to the lives of others across the world. what did i do to receive such an easy life? seeing those zambians so poor was at times almost unbearable. but then I see them at church dancing and praising God for being in their life. You're right Jim, God does love them so much, and it was so cool to see so many people who have a real and personal realtionship in Christ. When they worship God they didn't seem to care about the living situation they were facing. It amazes me how God could be so real and personal in their life despite so many barriers.
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