So I came to Uganda to share God’s love and mercy with the people that
he loves and after a week of doing door to door ministry God revealed
that to me. I met a woman named Harriet who welcomed me and my team into
her house. We talked about her family and her life as four young kids
ran around the house playing. It was the most I have felt at home since I
have been here. There was just a sense of joy and happiness that
lingered in the air.
As I sat and listened to Harriet share about
her life, she told me that she worked with a homeless organization while
she studied in London. She worked with people who were broken,
addicted, helpless, and hopeless. Pouring into these people’s lives, she
gave them a second chance. She believed in them and that they could
have a better life….unlike most people she didn’t give up on them.
Now
that she is back here in Kampala, she has a vision to change this
place. She wants to make a difference in the lives of the children. She
wants to invest in their lives and show them that they can have more
then what they have been told. She is the first African woman that I
have seen that cares about her people in a way that may cause her to
have to sacrifice her own comfort and her own wealth.
What an
inspiration! She has shown me how God’s love isn’t just for the people
in London but for the people in Uganda….it’s not just for the people in
Uganda but for the people in Galveston. His love is for
everyone…everywhere. Do we show God’s love to the people that cut us off
when we are driving, to the people that just really annoy us, or do we
just limit God’s love to the people that we like and get along with.
God has called us to be God centered and to represent his love and grace
and mercy to the world. What would the world look like if we didn’t
limit the power of God’s love?
