Taylor Wynn has really encouraged me in the past week to continue to seek God’s will for my life.
Our talks have really re-kindled some of the passions I have to start a non-profit orginization.
My idea is to tie art and community into a form of giving. To fight on a global level the lack of education and to do so by establishing some sort of community.
I can’t stand the thought of just tossing money at a problem. I want to see real people concerned about the state of things. Real people transcending the understanding they have of each other for the purpose of bettering the world.
I keep asking myself some very fundamental questions:
What would it look like if we decide EVERYONE is important? Like EVERYONE was a beautiful, planned, awe-filled creation of God?
How would it look to ask children in third world countries to paint artwork and sell that artwork so that the basic needs they have could be met? How could this all work logistically? Could I partner with existing non-profits? Is this even a good idea?
All these things are trivial. God has a plan for me and knows my desire to loose myself in him.
To have his idenity and not my own.
My prayer is that I am able to recognize God when he is moving.
I want to get to the point where I stop questioning where God is.
The point where it becomes a struggle to see somewhere God is not.
Just some thoughts.
November 24, 2008 at 7:35 pm |
hello. i’m kayla. i have kept up with your blog the past few months; i enjoy reading it. this post in particular is really cool. i am going to school at gcsu in milledgeville, ga. there is a small group of students here who are starting a non-profit. our idea is to be a missions base for people who want to go out by themselves or with a small group and not be affiliated with a church or large organization. we are also helping the community around us. we actually just put a rough website up this weekend. http://findyourcalcutta.org i just want to encourage you to keep going. i will be praying for you and your vision. it sounds really great! maybe we could end up partnering together! -kayla
November 24, 2008 at 7:52 pm |
Awesome!
If you want my input (which I’ll assume you do!) you should join forces with an existing nonprofit. Chances are they’d really benefit from some new energy (and yours is the concentrated kind so it’s just that much better).
Michael actually just wrote a blog on this topic. You may not agree with him, but check it out and see what you think.
http://www.oakleafchurch.com/blog/?p=2070
November 25, 2008 at 8:07 pm |
I think it’s an awesome idea. And if you need some PR in the future, let me know
November 28, 2008 at 11:20 am |
Bobby,
A friend of mine told me a story the other day about how kids in SE Asia are the sole bread-winners of their families, by selling stolen goods and pirated DVDs and CDs. Approaching this from the standpoint of the moral thing to do, on one hand you can buy stuff from these kids to support them, or choose to not buy from them because the “products” they are selling are arguably wrong products (stolen) to buy. To me this is just a catch22 and a huge injustice.
I guess I tell you this story just to point out the need for a moral and just way for people in poverty in failing countries to earn and honest income for their family. For these kids in Asia, it is all they know. It is all they have to live and make it to another day. I just want to encourage you in the vision God is giving you today!
Daniel
danielandree.blogspot.com
November 29, 2008 at 5:03 am |
Call me sometime.
We have a lot to catch up on.
I love ya man.