"Talking the Talk OR Working the Talk?"

Its 11:34 pm, way past my bedtime and guess what I'm doing? Playing 'Angry Birds" on my ipad while desperately waiting for a ridiculously slow game download of 142MB to get completed! What would that make me?? A game addict? Playing games by 11:34pm, when i should be in bed and then waiting for another download to complete! Oh dear!! Well truth is I'm not waiting for it to complete so i can play more games, simply waiting so i can shut down all my gadgets..

I'm sure most of my ardent blog followers are wondering why I've gone silent lately....I can't say I haven't, I think I've just been preoccupied with recent happenings and my impending relocation to a different country! Anyway that's not what I'm here to talk about! I'm here to talk about...................um...........I don't know! Lately I've been wondering "what da banana's happened to my inspiration?!".. Sometimes i have a million things i wanna talk about and at other times, my brain cells seem fried! Maybe i should talk about the recent bombings in Nigeria and its impact on the lives of the people....? Or maybe i should talk about what we can do to help others in difficult situations?! 

I think that alot of times when people are far removed from disasters, they don't really identify with it and as a result have a limited level of empathy to those who weren't as lucky. What I'm trying to say is that its easy to talk about accidents and events 'in passing' and to proffer a million solutions of what we think the president should say or what the government should do, because we know better sitting our behinds in our comfy swivel chairs at work or couches at home, reading the papers, Internet and watching CNN! How about we start talking about what we can do? And after talking about it, actually get up and DO SOMETHING! Or do we not think we can make a difference in influencing our environment and changing the lives of people around us? I just read an article about a 13year old boy who when he was 5 was inspired to send all his toys to a little girl whose house got burnt and whom he saw on TV (oh the sweet innocence of a child). Well, eight years later, a charity organization has been formed with thousands of volunteers, rebuilding homes and lives and making a measurable difference across state borders in the US all because the little boy saw a need and decided to meet it. Why can't we be like this boy? Now here's inspiration for me to write! Don't get me wrong, I do not ostracize myself from those who talk the talk but can't work the talk! I'm just like you, wishing in your heart that you could sacrifice your time and resources and actually do something; I'm just like you thinking that sending a donation across to the less privileged is doing my own 'biblical CSR' (CSR in this context meaning Christian Social Responsibility)-By the way my download just finished so I'll be wrapping this up soon- and Yes, maybe sending a cheque is good enough but is it "best"?

I strongly believe we are called to do just more than sit in our comfy lives and send cheques or talk the smart talk without doing the work.. There's work to be done, alot but the laborers are few... Its time to step out of our comfort zones and get our hands dirty volunteering to make a difference in people's lives. It could be volunteering at an old people's home or at an orphanage teaching kids or just playing with them and making them feel loved, or raising funds to help out those in dire need of financial assistance to solve real problems or sending relief materials to victims of the crisis in Jos, or spending your next vacation in Sudan or Somalia instead of the UK or wherever else you go (i say this to me inclusive) or even sacrificing the vacation money and raising funds to send across borders! After all true love should be without borders right? People, it could be anything, just start "working the talk"!! Lets do something that counts in other people's lives!

My prayer is that this week God will help me meet the need of someone truly in need... I ask this not with expectations of receiving blessings for myself later, but i ask selflessly with the desire to see someone smile. :)

So i urge you readers, lets get people smiling this week :).. God bless you as you touch a life and as you "work the talk"!!

Now its beyond way past my bedtime guys! Adios!!!!