I did the Challenge....but as bad as this sounds, I had mixed emotions. I am a missionary working on the field seeing people having to have limbs removed because lack of funds for medical care. I see starving children almost on a daily basis. I see woman working as prostitutes because they have no other way to provide food for their families. So my heart was saying....BUT what about all the other's in the world that need help too! But the Nurse in me is saying, "But ALS sucks! They need attention too!" I have said it before and I will say it again...be careful when you ask God to break your heart for what breaks His.
So it boils down to this...there are SO MANY of God's children that need your help.
Now the reason why I think everyone SHOULD do the ALS Challenge is because we need to get a small taste of what it's like to be uncomfortable....even for just one minute. And then become ADDICTED to that feeling! We need to do WHATEVER it takes to step outside of OURSELVES and our COMFORT AND GIVE TO OTHERS. I am praying that you will WANT....to EVERY SINGLE DAY...do something that hurts....whether it's do without that Starbucks Coffee....pack a lunch instead of eating out....downsize your house, cars, entertainment fund, start your own fundraiser for a cause near and dear to you, or WHATEVER God lays on your heart and GIVE because you LOVE JESUS that much! Because EVERY CAUSE deserves to be a SUCCESS.
Matthew 16:24-26 (ESV)
Take Up Your Cross and Follow Jesus
24 Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. 25 For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. 26 For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?I CHALLENGE YOU!
