hungry and thirsty...make change

God blesses those who are hungry and thirsty for justice.
this was the bible vrse talked about at church tonight. there are a few different versions of the bible and this verse comes out differently in them all. but the meaning is the same. another version had it something like happy are those who do what God wants them to.
God is not as concerned about what we do as He is with what our intentions are. i am not suggesting that it's ok just to have good intentions and nothing else. i am suggesting that it is ok that sometimes we have the best intentions possible, but we still fail or end up off track. i think the point here is that we have good intentions, that we are hungry and thirsty for justice, and we work at putting them into action. the verse doesn't say God blesses those who make justice happen or who have made big changes to the lives of those around them. these feats can be done by people who have the wrong intentions. the verse says God blesses those who hunger and thirst for justice (or righteousness,as another version says). before you do anything, check your heart, why are you doing it?

this month the youth and young adults at our church are trying to go without or do something extra so we can pool our money to build a school in a poorer country than our own, we also hope to have extra money to pay for some children to be schooled and to help provide for child-run families (those families whose parents have died from aids and the oldest child is left to look after the other children). andy decided he is going to half his petrol costs and donate that moeny (luckily he is one of the country's top mid-long distance runners in his age group so he'll still get aorund) and hollie has committed to donating the whole of her next pay cheque from her part time job. i'm still coming up with my idea...

we are doing it through tear australia - go check out their website www.tear.org.au to see what you can do for those who are way less fortunate than we are. it doesn't take much to make change...