Radical Sacrifice

My heart is so heavy today. A young man named Nate Henn sacrificed all he had to follow after Him. Nate was killed in the bombing in Uganda. He chased after God's calling to care for the orphan and he did it with GUSTO! Dear God, help me live a sacrificial life. Don't let me buy into the "christianity" we've created in America. Thank you for reminding us in Luke that you require complete abandonment. Help us leave certainty for uncertainty. Safety for danger. Self-Preservation for self-denunciation. Thank you for using the words of David Platt, author of Radical, to remind me require me to give up everything to follow after you. Thank you Nate for your example!

God has shown our family another example of sacrificing for His will. A sweet lady, whom I've yet to meet, sent us a check that almost equals ALL we've raised so far in all of our fundraising for our adoption. All our can money, donation money, garage sale money, coffee money, everything! Did she send it because they're overly wealthy and it's not a big deal to them? No. Not at all. Her husband was just laid off from his job. She and her husband sent it because they were obedient to His small voice who urged them to be RADICAL in their walk. To abandon comfort, lay down worries, and totally go against the norm here in America... the norm in American churches. Ouch. But so true. We are RICH! Everyone of you reading this is RICH. You have clean water, a place to call home, and on and on and on. Dear friends, we are chosen but are we obedient?