LOSING 2 OR 3 GENERATIONS..
Reading 'Time'magazine the other day I was startled . The article was about childbirth around the world . Here`s a quote:'In 1985 the World Health Organization estimated that 500,000 women died in childbirth each year . By 2005,despite medical advances,that number had risen to 536,000.'I then went on to read from a UNICEF representative in Sierra Leone:”We will lose two or three more generations ,but the core message is one of hope.”
This blog is absolutely not intended to be critical of these organizations . Basically ,we applaud all efforts to help the poor and the needy and the people involved here are at least in the arena and doing all they can . This representative was just being truthful . The whole article is about the the very small amount of money and ,of course trained supervision ,it takes to improve an individual woman`s chances of survival and health. I`m thankful that the info is out there and the process might be gain some momentum .
I thought about the Church . I wonder how many generations we might 'skip'and lose before we make the right kind of investment in discipleship ,commitment and 'fathering'a generation . An emphasis on people ,rather than spiritual experiences or ministries ,investment in the next generation of raw recruits who can be lion-hearted world changers,a calling out of a generation to get a full harvest and inheritance . For too many Christians ,'the core message of hope'is to 'fly away ,O Glory…'and 'to get that mansion just over the hilltop.'
Heaven has been secured in Christ . Leaders should be getting their followers ready for earth ,with all its messiness ,pain and terrible beauty. It`s hard for me to conceive or accept that 2 or 3 more generations will be lost before we realign with God`s core values. That would be my grandbabies and their children . So do we write them off or make some changes ??