Think Again

The Muse showed up on Friday afternoon, and seemed to have an unusual urgency about her. I was thinking about the folks at Living Waters for the World's "Clean Water U" - instructor colleagues and staff, as well as the new students, all of whom would be bringing their passion and enthusiasm for mission, and especially for clean water. I could see, feel, and hear all of the things I've experienced and learned with LWW over the past seven years. The Muse kept repeating, "Think again." and I just typed, dutifully.

If you thought you were

bringing Jesus, think again.

Jesus is already where you're going.

If you thought you were

delivering salvific resources, think again.

Creation has provided sufficient stuff

for us all. Maybe you should check

the name tag on some of yours.

If you thought you were

bringing ingenuity and wisdom, think again.

The people who live where you're going

have already figured out

how to do more than

you've ever dreamed, and probably did it

with less than you ever imagined.

If you thought you were

bringing hope, think again.

There's more hope where you're going,

because it's grounded in something greater

than possessions. It's grounded in the great I Am.

Just bring yourself.

That is all.

Yourself and your open mind

and your tender heart.

That is what we need;

what YOU need to show up with.

You bring that, and trust God

to do the rest, and your world

will never be the same again.

Photo by Kendall Cox

© 2014 Todd Jenkins