today There was a speaker on campus. Lois Cecsarini, a U.S. Foreign Service Office for 22 years,she talked about going to Angola, South Africa and Israel Palestine to work as a mediator in the conflicts there.
And it got me thinking.
I think i would like to do that. I mean, really like to do that.
but it makes me nervous. Could i work for the government like that. could i be their representative? What if i'm told to carry out things i just don't agree with. What if I'm told to carry out things that i don't think are the way of Christ?
This whole idea warrants a lot of though. Not just in trying to choose if i would really want to pursue this, but in thinking about is this really the way of Christ.
Pros: I believe that God always takes the side of the oppressed. That he is for the meak and the unpowerful. and that He is the God of peace, bringing his people and this world to a redemption beyond the myth of redemptive violence. And if i were to work for the state department like this woman does i would mainly be doing that. Working twords an end to conflict and human rights abuses.
Cons: There are a hell of a lot of things that this country, it's government does that fall so far out of line with all of that. And my final allegiance is, and will always be, to the Kingdom of God. Not to the flag and it's government.
But can i work for them?
opinions please.
-mike
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keep praying about and see what God's telling you to do. fast about it. and if you go for and get it and then find yourself in a situation that isn't right, you can always quit. but i think if you did this it would open up many other doors having made connections with people to help other people and countries.
PRAY AND FAST ABOUT IT...
well that's just crazy enough to work.
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