Just so we're all aware, the last hour of the Today Show is by far the most obnoxious, but I'm sick and don't work until the afternoon, so I have nothing else to do. Normally this is when I go to the gym...instead I'm stuck watching Hoda and Kathie Lee. Woohoo....
Anyway, they had Salma Hayek on just moments ago. Apparently she's doing something with Unicef where she is traveling around the world (it looked like "around the world" meant "Africa") talking with women and encouraging them as they raise sick babies in developing countries. Is this bad? No. Absolutely not. It's a good thing.
The frustrating part is that it takes a celebrity to open up the eyes of the people here to the great need of the people overseas. Though I cannot deny the benefit that we are seeing by these celebrities exposing the needs of the suffering people of the world, I cannot count the number of times I have had to explain to people that we are not going to Africa to start an orphanage or school in the same sense that Oprah and Anjelina have gone to Africa to start an orphanage or school. Whereas they monetarily support these facilities, they are not overly involved in the day-to-day operations, but that's not even the biggest difference.
The greatest difference is that we bring a message of hope. There is no greater hope than the message of a God who loves us and longs for people everywhere to worship Him. Though we all live in sin, Christ died on our behalf that we may be cleansed and those who trust Him can dwell before Him forever.
So, yes, we are going to Africa much like Salma, Oprah, and Anjelina, but we are bringing the message of salvation through Christ alone...a message of love, a message of deliverance...a message of hope.
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