Loss & Gain

I’ve had to revisit the last paragraph in my last blog. I went back to the Burmese camp today and spent more time with the children, learning more than teaching. And that is why I’ve had to revisit that last paragraph. With regard to the verses in Philippians on gain and loss, I was looking at it all wrong.

Paul says we are to count all as loss compared to the worth of knowing Christ. I looked at the Burmese children and thought I saw loss when all along I was the one lacking. I thought I was taking Christ to them, when all along they were revealing Christ to me. How foolish I am and have been. No matter how I study humility and talk about practicing humility, I find myself further humbled by the ones I seek to serve.

To give up the world and count it as loss, that these children might gain Christ? This trek was just a taste… and it was sweet.