Comfort Zone

I went on a trip a week ago and spent 5 days wanting to experience where I was and yet at the same time, I was wanting to come home to my comfortable life. It was a good trip none the less and I got to spend good quality time with some remarkable people. But, I have to tell you...it was a challenge for me to be out of my comfort zone. Try putting yourself in a neighborhood where people have a hard life, buildings, homes, streets, & people are all broken & old, falling apart, & condemned, . Where every couple of hours you hear either a siren from a police car or the sound of an ambulance. Where every available space is used up and people are crowded on street corners. I felt I was transported to another world. I got to feel what it was like to live in someone else's world. It was far from mine. I had some fear. I had to get over it. It was okay. Jesus let me see how he loves us all for who we are; made in His image..not by where we live or even how we live our lives. He love us anyway. Not by what we have or don't have. None of that matters....each person's heart matters to God...the outward appearance of anything is nothing....God will lead us in it and light the way...no matter how dark. This world would sure be a better place if we would turn the light on in the darkness. He gave me that perspective. He gave me peace, compassion & love to replace my fear. His perfect love casts out fear. He's helping me to look for what's in a person's heart & give them His no matter how uncomfortable the ZONE.