So my new favorite show is ‘Off the Map’. The series takes place in "la ciudad de las estrellas," a tiny town in the South American jungle with a very understaffed clinic. It seems as if all of the doctors are running away from some sort of emotional issues and personal demons back home. So three of them come to this clinic in search of a new path. Which they find is much different than anything they've ever dealt with.
First of all I like the show because it reminds me of mission trips that I have experienced or have heard about. Whether you do a mission trip in the states or go to a third world country you are bound to find people in need (search) for something that can heal them. It can be a healing that is emotional, physical or spiritual. It makes me think that we can find that in most every place, if we really open our eyes to take a look. The thing about opening your eyes and searching for those people is that when you do find them, or know the circumstance, how you respond. Sometimes we get so caught up about me, me, me that we don’t care to help others in need. The funny thing is that most of the time we are the ones that need the healing ourselves, I guess it’s not that funny if you think about it. But in all honesty we have to be able to take a look at our own lives, confront our situations, and let the healing begin. Because if you do that, you can really give yourselves to others, and allow God to show you how to help them.
The other thing I like about the show is how vulnerable the cast is in the show. They are in a place that they are not familiar with, half of them don’t even speak the same language as the natives, and they have no technology to help them. I know in my own life that is where I find God show up the most. When I feel helpless, exposed, and defenseless……….. and so on. It’s like when you go and do mission work you hear people always say how they just felt the presence of God in that place. There is no doubt that He is there. But at the same time He is always in our presence, I think we just notice it more when we are in a place that is so out of norm for us that we are constantly searching for Him, for His guidance. Wouldn’t it be great if we did that everyday in our lives, every morning? How much different would our day be? How much different would our walk be? Trust me when I say I’m preaching to the choir, I need to hear this just as much as anyone else.
Challenge: To live our lives in such a way that those who know us, come to know God, because of the way we live our lives. That you will let Him guide you everyday, every hour, and let His love flow through you to everyone around you. That is what He is always telling us to do, is to love. So it time to start doing it, and not just to those who are easy to love, but to those who need it the most, too.
Very well written!!!
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