Crazy Love

I met Linny by way of a wonderful friend who is adopting and had mentioned Linnys site in one of her post. Since that day I have been inspired and drawn closer to God by reading her blog. I am starting to Simplify my family's life (let me tell you...simplifying their bedrooms was TONS of work) and trying to focus on what is important! This is a very emotional journey for me as I am one of "those" people who hold on to everything simply because someone special gave it to me. God is moving BIG TIME in my heart and I know that where he leads is where I need to go!

One of Linny's blogs was about the CRAZY LOVE summer that her church is doing. That post came at exactly the right time. Our women's bible study had just finished reading the book Crazy Love by Francis Chan. Wow...an amazing book, a great blog post and a truly amazing God all of which motivated me to reach out and do some crazy love this summer!

I attend an inner city church which likes to claim that they "support other missions in the inner city financially". We do this, BUT sometimes I feel like it is a bit of a cop out. "I will give my $$ but don't ask me for my time." Don't get me wrong...the financial giving is right. "To whom much is given much will be expected." It just seems to easy. We want our safe lives in the suburbs. I have been struggling with this for quite a while now. What does this have to do with CRAZY LOVE? Let me tell you. As we were walking out of church last Sunday, there was a man sitting on the step. I was one of the last people out of the building. This means about 150 people walked by him before me. In our city one of the ways that unemployed inner city people can make $$ is to sell a paper that is written about the inner city. They buy it for $.50 and sell it for whatever amount people want to give. I have to admit, I walked by this man too. Me, and my beautiful family. As we got into the truck ready to head back off the the suburbs I heard God say "buy it". I didn't question, I told Jeff to stop and jumped out of the truck. Jeff had gotten chocolate bars for Fathers day (he got 2 because we still have 2 kids in Sunday School) . I grabbed one of those and all of the change that I could find, jumped out of the truck and walked over to this man. I handed him the chocolate bar first. Then I handed him all of the change that I had. I wished him a blessed Sunday and he said to me "it is the last paper that I have. I just prayed that someone would buy it so I could go. Thank You!" Crazy that something so little could show what an awesome God we have. Crazy that it took nothing but listening to God to show this man Crazy Love. Why was I the only one of about 150 people to stop and help? Why are we so judgemental and condemning when it comes to those in the inner city? I include myself in these whys because I have been there. Really, I am here to show God's amazing Love to others. I am trying to lay the "me" down and picking up a bit of "Jesus" everyday. CRAZY?!?! No doubt about it. Living for Jesus is crazy and that is just who I want to do!!

Thanks Linny for starting this crazy love blog!! Thank You Jesus for moving in my heart to want to show crazy love and please please help those in my bible study who have committed to showing crazy love this summer. Amen

I can't wait to read more crazy love post!!