Books-Music-People

It's the time of year when people ask what you are thankful for. I will try to answer that question now. I am thankful that God moves people to write music and books that in turn have moved me to change. My views on almost everything have been slowly changing over the last year. Maybe it would be better said that I am starting to believe these views are truth, and in turn it is changing how I live my life.(thanks in part to the Inspired words of others) If I were to be honest about moving to Pine Ridge, at first I was unsure of the exact reason why. Not that I feel it was a bad thing because truthfully alot of my decisions are made with the same mindset. Kind of a "well lets see what happens." If I knew then what I do now I would tell you that I was moving to Pine Ridge to be connected with the suffering of the world. To live a life more like Christ (I have along way to go) To be a missionary to stagnant christians trapped in their american dream suburbia lives. To get away from the empire that hasn't stopped telling me how to live, and begin to learn another way. I am thankful for the people I have met here. I have seen Christ in many ways I never have before. I have seen people taking in others(relatives, mothers, even strangers). People who truly give themselves everyday to greater causes then there own. People who are fighting against the injustices and working for change. I have been so blessed by the people I have met. They make me aware of my selfishness and bring me to pray, "Your kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven" or as my friend Matt put it "I would diminish that You would increase."