being

Saturday afternoon we took the group of youth up to the 'campo', some fields next to the ruins of Saqsaywaman, which are just some ruins (not just some but rather the most important of Inca ruins -even more so than Machu Picchu). It's nice how just a brief jaunt up the hill from the church and we are playing soccer in a field next to these important ruins. I think I even forgot to look at them. It's funny how the Cusqueñans (people of Cusco) and we can have these ruins as a part of our daily lives to the point where they mean nothing to us. It's fun to take visitors there to actually look at the stacks of rocks, slide down the rock face, wander through the caves. But living daily in  a place like this is nothing special. It's not even above average. Which makes me think...do Christians - those who live in their Christian bubbles, surrounded by Christian friends, going to service on Sunday, small group during the week, listening to their Christian music... do they become devoid of what Christianity really is? Are they so used to seeing Christ everywhere they go, just as we see Saqsaywaman, and forget to even look at Him? Can we be playing soccer or doing ministry right next to Jesus without even being with Him?

I don't see Christ every day. Do you know what I see? I see brokenness. Hunger. Violence. Pain. Suffering. I see lives ravaged by poverty. So then where is Jesus? He is us. in us. through us. We have to be HIM.

Can Christians who live in their little Christian circles actually be Christ to those who need Him? How can they if they aren't around people who need Him. I implore you to step out of your bubble, stop getting fat on the Word - and go. be. do. live. be HIM.