</h1> <article> <h1>Comment on A Coward for God by Sarah Salter</h1> <p>Sarah Salter — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:37:37 +0000</p> <p>Herb, I love what you’re saying here! A couple of things come to mind. First, I have an uncle who is a pastor. He once told me about how early in his ministry, he realized that he can’t be everything for everybody. He can’t fix everybody or be everywhere or do it all by himself. So, he said that he had learned to periodically pray that God would show him which things/people/projects to focus on at any given time. When he’s obedient to those specific things that God would have him to do, then it strengthens the whole. Second, I remembered how in the Congo with our medical team, we could only see a few hundred patients a day. And in a city of nearly 10 million people, that doesn’t add up to much compared to the need. But to those few hundred, it meant everything. I love your comment: “Alone, we can do nothing–but together, each of our little dents in the problem amount to breakthroughs!”</p> </article> <article> <h1>Comment on A Coward for God by herbhalstead</h1> <p>herbhalstead — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:31:22 +0000</p> <p>Sarah,</p> <p>Very compelling thoughts. The question I am led to ask myself is this: “if more of us, called by His name, would be willing to step out JUST where we are – what would the impact be?” then I have to replace “more of us” to “me” and rephrase the question. Sometimes we look at the problems of depravity in this world and get so discouraged- what could we possibly do to fix all of that? Alone, we can do nothing – but together, each of our little dents in the problem amount to break throughs.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Comment on A Coward for God by Sarah Salter</h1> <p>Sarah Salter — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:59:27 +0000</p> <p>Jason & Helen- when you start looking at the children you know, it hurts all the more, doesn’t it? But the saddest thing is that every one of these little children is a child that God created. I can’t begin to even imagine the pain that His heart suffers, watching His children in this bondage. It makes me all the more passionate to be His hands and feet. It makes the need seem a million times more urgent. It makes “the box” seem like the worst, most evil place in the world to be.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Comment on A Coward for God by Helen</h1> <p>Helen — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:22:04 +0000</p> <p>It is heartbreaking to think about what those children go through.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Comment on A Coward for God by jasonS</h1> <p>jasonS — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:02:51 +0000</p> <p>You provided few details in your story, but I still audibly groaned reading about the sex trafficking. To think that someone my daughter’s age, a beautiful little girl who should be playing and laughing… it just hurts me so much. I have to move on or I’m going to start weeping at my desk.</p> <p>My heart’s cry this morning is “I want out of the box!” Even though the world may not recognize it, they also cry and need us out of the box. It’s just time. Thanks Sarah.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Comment on A Coward for God by Sarah Salter</h1> <p>Sarah Salter — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:51:45 +0000</p> <p>Dusty, thanks for that link. When I think I can stomach the story, I’ll definitely to read it. And yes, I definitely believe that God is shaking us up. </p> <p>Daddy, I’m proud of you! (I know that’s not why you did it… But still…) Times past, when I’ve gotten myself into scenarios with getting my hands dirty, I know that you’ve worried about me. So, to see you cross that street into those old apartments and show the love of Jesus to somebody… GO DAD! </p> </article> <article> <h1>Comment on A Coward for God by Papa Bear (The Preacher)</h1> <p>Papa Bear (The Preacher) — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:34:16 +0000</p> <p>Thanks Sarah and Jason for putting this book on our radar. I would not have run out and bought this book on my own. As I have read this book, I have been more keenly reminded that God’s call on my life is about HIM–not me. The needs of the world begin at our own back door. Right across the street from our church is an apartment complex where drugs are sold, prostitution is going on and children of all ages are neglected. We (our church family) are afraid for the most part to get our hands dirty. Recently, a lady from the apartments came to see me about using my truck (I have a red 1999 Chevy truck) to move some furniture for her and the two children. She was being evicted because she could not afford to pay her rent. I could have used all kinds of excuses, but my spirit was moved to see her as “my neighbor.” I got one of our young men and we went and moved two mattresses and two dressers and several boxes. I could see evidence of filth, roaches, bed bugs and other trash. We moved this for her to her mother’s house. When we finished unloading this stuff, she wanted to know how much she owed us, I explained, “we are your neighbors and if you need us all you have to do is call us.” I’m not sure how some in my church would have approached that, but I know some of us really are about loving, serving and obeying God. Forgive us when we fail to do that. </p> <p>I’ve been a coward for God in the past, and it has deeply hurt me when I realized how I had failed to show His love to others just as others had shown His love to me. Just this past Tuesday, eight of us from the church when to the Good Shepherd Kitchen (our community homeless shelter) to prepare and serve lunch. I didn’t get to preach to them or even really interact with these people. We went to feed them. 189 persons were fed lunch because someone cared. Thanks for helping us hear God’s call to fill the hole in the gospel.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Comment on A Coward for God by Dusty Rayburn</h1> <p>Dusty Rayburn — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:29:45 +0000</p> <p>I recently read a story of a woman from Grand Rapids, Michigan who was forced into the sex trade while she was in high school. You can see the article here: <a href="http://www.mlive.com/living/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2010/09/human_trafficking_exploitation.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.mlive.com/living/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2010/09/human_trafficking_exploitation.html</a></p> <p>The questions and the answers to “Why did God make me?” and “Will you be open to God’s will for your life?” are working on me this week. I definitely need some re-prioritization in my living.</p> <p>Thanks Sarah! Great post.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Comment on A Coward for God by Sarah Salter</h1> <p>Sarah Salter — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:04:58 +0000</p> <p>Ginny, sadly, it happens in this country, too. Just in the last couple of years, in the county just east of me, there was a little girl that went missing. BEAUTIFUL girl. Less than five years old. The police began to investigate and found hotel surveilance video of the little girl with a man that looked suspisciously like the mother’s boyfriend. Within days, the girl was found dead on the side of the road. The autopsy found evidence of sexual assault. And when the trial happened, the truth came out that the mother had sold the child as a sex slave to the boyfriend in exchange for drugs. </p> <p>We want to believe that it’s everywhere else and that there’s nothing we can do about it. But neither of those things is true. It’s not just “out there.” It’s here. And there is something we can do. We can care. We can educate. We can get into others’ lives and others’ business. And we can pray.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Comment on A Coward for God by Ginny (MAD21)</h1> <p>Ginny (MAD21) — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:57:12 +0000</p> <p>I cannot imagine the depth of despair one would have to be in to sell their child into anything. We work so hard in this country to protect our children and keep them out of these situations. </p> <p>Great post, Sarah. Thanks for the challenge.</p> </article> </main></body></html>