Heart, soul and strength

For Christmas my Mum gave me St Jude's: A girl from Guyra, a school in Africa and the patron saint of hopeless causes by Gemma Sisia. It's an autobiography of a lady who moved to Tanzania and set up a school to provide high quality education to children who are very bright and very poor. She has done the most fantastic job and I respect her. The book rings with zeal, determination and hard work. The results are concrete and life-transforming. Many, many people, both in Tanzania and Australia, have put many hours of work into getting the school running and seeing it flourish.

When I think about sharing the eternally life-changing news of Jesus with people, and seeing them grow to be more like him in their everyday life, I don't match these peoples' zeal. And I have experienced that transformation and I know that it is the greatest treasure a person can have. This is madness. I need to see that our lives are like the grass that withers, but the next life will never end. It's good to transform peoples' living conditions and opportunities in this life, but that zeal should be o'errun by our desire to see them welcomed into the kingdom of God.