I found this video on a blog for a missionary family from Haiti. It so awesomely sums up the things that have been floating through my mind constantly after reading Melissa Faye Green's "There is no me without you" a few months ago. God has so radically changed my perception of money through our adoption. It is so easy to become disillusioned to the fact that we are RICH. Even though we may BELIEVE that we are middle class. We are truly deceived. Matthew 19:23 "Then Jesus said to his disciples, “I tell you the truth, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven." While I know that God wants us to enjoy the blessings that He has given us, He does not want us to to store them up so that we don't have to trust in Him for provision. Our reward is much greater when we give mightily and receive mighty blessing from the Giver of the greatest gifts. We have been so incredibly blessed over the last few months that I am so overwhelmed by emotion at times. I cannot wait to be done fundraising for our adoption so that we can give even more.

I think I need to watch this movie every few weeks to bring me back out of the "American dream" cloud and back into the reality of the world outside of North American wealth. It is so easy to slip back into the comfort of our lives that I forget about the incredible discomfort that most families in the world endure everyday. Lord, please continually open my eyes!