Skip to main content

Going Viral

I visited a church over the weekend and at first had to practice what I preached a few blogs ago (im only human and still learning through this journey), but I dreaded going....I wasnt prepared for church my mom pulled in the parking lot and Im preparing to fly out with a tank top, no makeup and ballcap in jeans (ugh). Im not crazy about the pastor and I giggled at the music on my way in only to realize I just wrote about having church anywhere and it wasnt about what you looked like or music or people....duh! Thanks for the upper cut God LOL. To be honest I was thinking "oh, Im so gonna get paid back for this attitude, Im probably gonna walk out with the best message that Ive ever heard and God will speak so clearly to me today" (didnt happen). I did find a concept rather intriguing and kept digging deeper within myself. It only takes one person to set off a viral effect worldwide in seconds thanks to social media. It all starts with one photo or one post, then another friend sees it and shares, then another and so on. They did a visual demonstration of mousetraps set up in rows with ping pong balls and it took one ping pong ball to hit another that then hit two more that hit four more that doubled, triped, quadrupled and they all went so fast they exploded like crazy. It takes one person to post a video on you-tube to become a worldwide phenominon in seconds and minutes that used to take a lifetime to complete. The click of a button and bam millions are affected in seconds.

Then of course as I shared in my last post that I read a book and tribute to Mother Teresa on the plane home. Again, one woman whos father died when she was 12 came from a widowed mother, went to be a nun, became a teacher and had a heart of Christ to serve his people. She since then opened schools, orphanages, "hospice" homes, aids homes, worked with leporers and much more. She literally took the vow God called upon all of us for and did his work. She started one home and now has them all over the world in multiple countries...her legacy went viral.

I took the excuses out of my vocabulary with God and my arms are opened wide. I know I have my three kids as the start of my ministry now, but my prayer is to honor God with that task so that they in turn can go out and "infect" someone with their love of Christ and passion for his will. I see the places around the world through missions that people have built with God along with clinics and humanitrian services, I cant wait to be apart of all of it. My heart is right where Mother Teresas is, I just made a bumpier road for myself and a different avenue of getting there, but her ministry as most arent built overnight....it took many years and I cant wait to see what God has in store for me. Of course kicking and screaming not to put me with the elderly or children, I just know thats where Ill be. My goal is to already be doing that here locally before he puts me where he needs me, Im getting closer lol.

If the internet has the power to effect millions in seconds and Mother Teresa has served millions in her lifetime, Im hoping that my brothers and sisters in Christ use our time wisely. We are here to "Go unto all the world and preach the good news"....Mark 16:15. Lets go "Viral" and "Infect" the world with his love, compassion and hope so that "He who is greater in us than he that is in this world" becomes "Infectious" throughout the world in which we live and serve in.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

"The List"

Ive thought about love a lot lately. When I first became newly single about a year and a half ago, I tried the dating scene. I should have taken that precious time to get myself together, but the thought of being alone literally paralyzed me. A trusted mentor of mine told me to make a list of the qualities and characteristics I was looking for in a potential partner. I blew it off...just being honest. I feel like placing expectations on someone of meeting the list qualifications or else just doesn't sit right. People change, people make mistakes but, I have since then found myself in confusion and compromising situations because Ive tried to justify each situation and mold it into what I think it could be or should be rather than what it actually is. There have been many times I have recapped our conversation and the thought of making the list has resurfaced. Im ready to write "The List". - Above all he must love God with everything he is and will be. The fear of the Lo...
Post a Comment
Read more

Is this the end?

 I wish I can just say Russia is on the other side of the world and its none of my business what they are doing and go on with my perfect little life but somehow Ive grow up and matured a little and Im scared to death. There are days Im ready to build and fully stock a bunker and looking up survival tactics for a nuclear attack, other days Im convinced it will blow over and other days I think is this the end? Why fight for a life that we would be left with or a life without possibly my children depending where were at when the world breaks out into nuclear war. How would you breathe, drink, eat if no electric or sunshine or chemicals filling the air and burning all life outside. no electric, no banking, no automobiles working because they are powered by electronics. Does paper money have value if you even have it because a banking electronic system wipes out everything in the bank. What about medicines and drs, we are basically back to stone age in a time that people have no respec...
Post a Comment
Read more

Spring cleaning

I started a facebook post tonight, but thought I would get a ton of misinterpretations if I posted it and a call from my mother, perhaps maybe even the suicide hotline.... so I decided to write out the thoughts surrounding it hoping to ease my mothers mind a bit. "There just has to be a better way to do life than the hard way I've chosen....this just cant be it. Exhausted on every level. I'm throwing away my cape as my super hero powers have left me. I am weak. The last piece of sequence and glitter has fallen off my costume. I have no shine and no sparkle left anymore. I find myself once again cold and hard. Is this death or am I just headed that way?" I will not say that I haven't thought about driving off a bridge a few times, but no need to call the ward yet. Although I am still physically breathing...my mental, emotional and spiritual life have died or very close to it. Out of my Christ following five whole years, the last two have been the absolute harde...
Post a Comment
Read more