GREAT ECONOMIC NEWS

Today I was thinking about the true nature of missions. As a world traveler, I would historically have been thinking about the ends of the earth. As a matter of fact, I really like the little cartoon guy whose name is Buzz Lightyear. His motto is, "to infinity and beyond"!

Anyway, it dawned on me that my infinity includes my backyard as I suspect yours does too.

Now I have never been a great backyard man, but with the price of gas and a million other things, most of us are thinking about how to cut some costs.

I have some GREAT ECONOMIC NEWS: the mission field is all around us. We go to missions when we go to people. We are missionaries when we go in the name of the Lord. Without minimizing the needs of the nations (that is people groups), we are surrounded by people groups everywhere we go and everywhere we are.

MISSIONS means an attitude of going (not staying) but it doesn't mean we can only go around the world. The real issue is to be aware that we carry Christ as we go and that our destination is people initially and heaven ultimately. So,let's go, even if you only have enough to get you across the street... people are waiting for you!

Mark