Thursday, April 15, 2010

No more Complacency


okays---so i haven't been focusing much at all on God to be perfectly honest
in other words--i fell into the deepest trap:

complacency & indifference

I read his word for the first time in a while today
and I came to a chapter I had bookmarked earlier in the year

Amos 6: 1-7

Woe to you who are complacent in Zion,
and to you who feel secure on Mount Samaria,
you notable men of the foremost nation,
to whom the people of Israel come!

3 You put off the evil day
and bring near a reign of terror.

4 You lie on beds inlaid with ivory
and lounge on your couches.
You dine on choice lambs
and fattened calves.

5 You strum away on your harps like David
and improvise on musical instruments.

6 You drink wine by the bowlful
and use the finest lotions,
but you do not grieve over the ruin of Joseph.

7 Therefore you will be among the first to go into exile;
your feasting and lounging will end.


i feast, lounge, play, strum, moisturize....not that these things aren't bad
it's because the people in this time period garnered this wealth by cheating the poor

but---i am most definitely one of these overprivileged.
it's amazing how much you realize after only reading seven of God's words
i WAS going to put on here that i'm going to die before this weekend because i have three tests tomm and then a bc final on sat

but then i thought----

there are so many dying in this world
and here i am in an airconditioned, clothed, american dream lifestyle
and what am I doing to change any of that?

I want to make a difference in someone's life right now---
no more complacency
please

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