October 13, 2008


  • this past weekend i was in chicago with my family…it was so good! one of the days that we were there i convinced my mom to get on a taxi with me and take a train to downtown chicago.



    we went to go look for a taxi when a taxi driver from uganda came up to us. he said that he could take us to the nearest train station, so he did. as we jumped into his taxi (his company was called “God’s Will Never Fails Taxi Service”- awesome, right!?) i started asking him questions about uganda and what life was like there. he told us that he grew up in a christian home. his village, his school, his church….all was christian. i was sort of surprised because, for some reason, when i think of africa i tend to think of aids, poverty, and typically non-christian people.



    he went on to say something that really broke my heart. he said something like “when i came to America, you know, i was so surprised. i look around and i see that there is so much freedom here. so much religious freedom. and no one talks about God, no one likes to talk about Him…especially christians. they just seem to keep it to themselves! in uganda, it is not like this but in america, it is a sad thing.” he continued to go on about his life and what he is doing here but what he said still has me thinking.

    do i want to be like that? am i among the american christians that he was talking about? am i someone who just keeps Christ to myself? i think so often i do…i really do. but how can I, when He is the only thing worth living for? this… is definitely what i feel like… :) ..



    … “as a matter of fact, as i think back over the evidences of the Lord’s guidance in my own life, i feel ashamed that my faith is not a more radiant, contagious thing.”
    -Peter Marshall