Only when we feel the depths of dark emotions can we find the strength and determination we need to not only grieve at the way the world is, but to do something to make the world the way it was always meant to be.
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In upstate New York today, there's a 13-year-old black, Muslim, refugee girl walking around with a broken heart who needs a kind smile, a gentle hug, a generous gesture. There are people like that in my neighborhood in San Francisco -- and your neighborhood, too.
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We can live our lives consumed by seeking standing ovations that bring crowds to their feet. But our ultimate purpose is to bring a crippled, suffering world to its feet, one pair of healed, dancing feet at a time.
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I think having courage is more meaningful than being brave because it means you honestly encounter fear...and choose to believe that something matters more.
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As I remember the joy of today, 24 hours before leaving for the next leg of the journey to South Sudan, it occurs to me that soaking up the beautiful in our world isn’t optional; it’s essential. Because beauty gives us the vision, the energy and the reminder we need to keep pouring our lives into the brokenness.
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“Okay,” I said. “If you show me where they are, I’ll buy you a FIFA ball.” The boy started giving me high-fives and hugging me. One of the older boys knelt down, took my hand, and kissed it. I asked who wanted to walk to the market with me.
They all did. As we started walking, the boys danced and skipped behind me as if I were the Pied Piper of futbol.
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In December I'll be traveling to South Sudan to teach medicine. It's the most dangerous trip I've taken -- and it'll be my first time in a war zone. Please consider making a contribution to support the trip. By training 100 teachers, it'll impact the lives of 30,000 children!
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Here's an update on The Invisible Girls -- the five Somali refugee girls I met on a train in Portland in October 2010. Since then, I've kept my promise to them: "No matter where you go, I will always love you, and I will always find you."
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Jesus said, “Suffer the little children to come unto me.” But instead, we let little children suffer, and often die, while we spend money on frivolous things.
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For years I said that because breast cancer kept me from traveling to Africa, the Somali girls were God's way of bringing Africa to me -- as if the Invisible Girls were a consolation prize. I was really wrong.
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