I’ve been working for just over one month at Youth Horizons now. I sat down here thinking I would sum up all that I have learned in the last month, but you don’t have time for that.
Instead, I’d like to just share one way that I’ve been challenged over the last month at Youth Horizons. Just recently I’ve finished reading a book called, The Hole in the Gospel. It is by the president of World Vision, Richard Stearn. There is one sentence in that book that has stuck with me. It is, “I can easily get distracted by the details of my own life and family” This was the author’s confession and as I thought about it, I realized that I am right there with him.
Buying a house, getting groceries, getting the kids to bed, paying bills, trying to squeeze in a date night with my wife. I can begin to drowned in the details of my life and forget about the primary vision or purpose that God has given me on this planet.
For me the last month has been a wake up call. It has been a reminder that, “yes” I have a lot on my plate, but “YES” God also wants me to make time to care for the “least of these”
At Youth Horizons, that primarily means caring for the Fatherless in our community. In the Wichita area alone, there are about 10,000 children that are classified as at-risk kids. Through out the US there are about 25 million children being raised in a home without a dad.
Currently I am not mentoring a child her in Wichita, but I have been praying about taking that step. In the last month, I’ve also been reminded of the great responsibility that I have to care for my children and ensure that I’m faithfully investing in them.
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