I live in a country/city where very few people know the Lord.
Almost daily I have conversations with students who don't seem to want to know Jesus or anything about Him.
I find myself constantly fighting apathy..Fighting callusedness.
My initial response is to say "These people's hearts are hard. They don't want to know. They'll never know. What's the use?"
But is that what God says about them?
I don't think so.
I think that God's heart breaks for every Italian that is lost and hopeless...and searching - even if they don't realize it.
His heart breaks for every student that is so swept up in their studies, their relationships, the corruption of their government, the instability of their economy, that they don't even think about Him - or about their need for Him.
God LOVES them.
He wants their hearts.
He wants their lives.
He wants them to know His overwhelming love and peace.
God, break my heart for what breaks Yours!
Please pray for me (and my teammates) as we bring the gospel to Italians. Pray that our hearts would not become hard but rather that they would daily be broken. Pray that the Holy Spirit would be going before us as we go on campus and as we have students in our homes. Only God can lift the veil that seems to cover their hearts so heavily.
He is definitely working here, but sometimes it's hard to see that. Believe with us that Italians would cross over from death to life this year.
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Abigial! I have a blog now! And I've subscribed to your bloggy! And I can't stop using exclamation points! Egads! If I give you my mailing address, do you think you could mail me a bit of Italy or something? Just like, think really hard about what you see everyday, put it in an envelope, and seal it quickly so nothing escapes. Thanks. ;)
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