God's Calling

It seems so easy on paper but oh so much more difficult to carry out. Or is it? Catering and caring for the poor? The needy? The suffering? Most people have no idea what they are capable of or what they can accomplish, especially when you fired up inside for God. When you commit to a cause, work to raise funding, build a solid team, work, pray, work, pray. Today was started by a visit to one of two mass grave sites here in Haiti. A grave site where more than 200,000 Haitians lost their lives on January 12th, 2010. So sad to know the devastation and horrific chaos that must have rung out that today through a large portion of the rolling countryside of Port-Au-Prince. But there was a sense of peace, this day, as we stood on the hillside, astonished by the majestic beauty that God created as we looked out at the lucious green landscape of the land below..........uniquely accented by the crisp blue waters of the ocean in the distance.

Then we made our way to the first of several visits we had planned for the elderly. It was our calling and we were fired up for the chance to deliver the love and promises of God. We were united as one and relished the opportunity to step up to the plate and be the hands of feet of Jesus. We washed their hands and feet, lathered their porous sun dried skin with lotion, sang to them, prayed for them, laid hands on them and assured them that our God is a loving God and that as his people we have unconditional love and devotion for them. It was another great example of thirsting to serve his calling and drinking from his cup as our souls were quenched. I felt so blessed and moved spiritually to heed his calling and to feel like we made a difference in the lives of these beautiful human beings. The first gentleman was quoted as asking what he could in turn offer in prayer to us. What are our needs? I need Jesus and will spend the balance of my time on earth praying for direction from him of what he will call me to do. I'm listening..........
Jack Clemons