Giving Out – Taking In
September 16, 2024
Do you find yourself giving, serving, and eventually feeling depleted? We humanoids all need feeding and new strength after giving out. I find that by reading about amazing Christians. One is Helen Roseveare. England was her geographical home, but not the home of her heart. Congo was her love. After studying medicine and personally devouring Scripture she arrived with goals and desires beyond achieving, given the harsh circumstances of this mysterious land.
Its river, the Congo River is also named Nzere, “the river that swallows all rivers.’ Wholehearted serving can be like the Nzere River, all consuming, that threatens God’s promise to us of an abundant life.
We must learn, as Helen did that we can only go where we’re sent, give what we’ve got, and leave the rest in God’s hands.