Little India Girl.

This is a blog I posted on my other blog...that I forgot the password to! Enjoy!

It's official. The books arrived yesterday. All five of them.

School has officially begun.

Atleast I get to lay in my bed while I do my work. I love that about homework, I just turn on my heated blanket and go to town. Overall, I really do enjoy it. Just the fact that I have something to be responisble about kind of scares me. Yet, it's something I think all of us need to learn how to be.

To be a grown-up I need responsibility in my life. It's just something that takes time, right?

But I've seen over the short time I've been alive, nevertheless, an "Adult", that responsibility doesn't just start and end with completing your homework on time and taking out the trash when you don't feel like it. Responsibility to me is having your priorities in line, not just with yourself but with your family, friends and most importantly God. Responsibility is going above and beyond the expectations are set for you by your leaders.

Responsibility starts young in a person if you think about it. Think about all the young children today in America. Brush you teeth, you have to pick out an outfit, you have to do projects in school involving gold fish, water colors and occasionally, play dough. But you usually won't find an 8 year old taking care of her 4 younger siblings, but let me walk you across the world to Mumbai, India. You'll find that the minute you walk off the plane children will be seeking out your every coin. She is responsible for feeding her younger siblings before herself, because her parents irresponsibility, they putting drugs, alcohol, money and greed in front of their beautiful children.

Irresponsibility can cause more evil, disturbance in a relationship, more greed, more malice and deciet more than we all think.

I think as Americans, we dread the word "responsible". Atleast I do sometimes. But if you see the big picture, if you have responsibilities, that means you are blessed! That means you are doing something with your life! Next time you have to wash the car your parents bought for you, take out the trash of all food you didn't eat, go to a dreaded 8 hour shift to earn a living, clean your room full of clothes you have to wear, wash the dishes that were full of food moments before that satisfied your hunger, that is a perfect time to praise God for what he's blessed you with. Next time you have to mentor a friend or plan a ministry opportunity, you are blessed because you are using the gifts God has freely given to you. He holds you responsible to those gifts.

So as you go throughout your day, remember Little India girl. And her weight upon her shoulders to scramble and beg for bread crumbs, the burden she feels when she can't feed her baby brothers and sisters. That's her responsibility. A much heavier responsibility than washing the dishes. So when you're feeling annoyed, overwhelmed, and discouraged about your "responsibilities"



...think "Little India Girl."

You are blessed with your responsibilities.