The Irresistible Revolution

I've been reading a book lately called The Irresistible Revolution by Shane Claiborne, and let me just say it is one amazing book! I highly recommend it to anyone! but anyway. there has been some amazing quotes and things that Shane has said in his book, but one has hit me really hard and I can't seem to stop thinking about: "I remember hearing about on old comic strip in the days of St. Ed's. Two guys are talking to each other, and one of them says he has a question for God. He wants to ask why God allows all of this poverty and war and suffering to exist in the world. And his friend says, 'Well, why don't you ask?' The fellow shakes his head and says he is scared. When his friend asks why, he mutters, 'I'm scared God will ask me the same question.'" I was reading that during school and I finished and was like, "Wow." I was sitting next to my friend Kelly and she was like what? So I read it to her and she was like, "Wow." It's just powerful to think about that. I mean we are called to be the body of Christ. His hands and His feet on Earth. Why do we allow all this to happen? The prayer that we read and recite, but never really think about what the words say, "Your kingdom come. Your will be done, on Earth as it is in Heaven." Have you ever really thought about that..Your kingdom come. Your will be done, on Earth as it is in Heaven. Again this brings me back to the point of we are called to be the hands and feet of God. I mean really..why aren't we out there helping the world? We sit at home and wonder why all this stuff happens, but we never do anything about it. I'm preaching to the choir here too folks, because I'm guilty of doing the exact same thing. I want to do a lot more mission trips like Honduras. I feel happy when I do those types of things. I feel like I'm actually doing something to help people, which I love to help people. It's an amazing feeling for me. but anyways..this is just something that has been on my mind lately and I thought it was worthy of a blog post. I would love to hear your opinions on this, too so leave the comments!