Living Life With Others

The monks focus of mission was not bent on power but on the model of spreading the gospel through their radical lifestyles of living life with others through the long haul. They would go in and build up a city with roads and bridges and carpentry to show the people of that city that they cared about them, and they would even build a city from nothing and invite people in to live with them. They inspired the poor because they were poor themselves and they would stay that way for their whole lives because of the opportunity to live life with those that didn't know Christ. Christians today in America have a difficult time letting go of everything. Almost every Christian in America wouldn't even think about giving up all their possessions to go live life with other people, especially the poor. I have seen what happens when people actually take advantage of the model that the monks lived out, and it was amazing! I was blessed with the opportunity of serving with a ministry that actually lived with the poor, providing a house for mothers and children that would normally be out on the streets of Atlanta, Georgia with no home, and provided them with them opportunity to live their for six months, learning the Bible, how to manage their money, and other practical ways that would help them in life. They also went out under the bridges to the homeless and every day met their physical needs by providing them food, as well as living life with them. The people that worked with the ministry knew almost everyone we saw by name and would hug them and everything. It was one of the coolest things I've ever been able to help with, and how I think ministry should be.