Reminded

This morning I was reminded of my own selfishness.
I was on the blogspot homepage and came across this blog, Can of Worms, and the blogger shared about how he had been discouraged, but after meeting two very interesting fellas his thoughts were changed about his life. I like it when that happens, when new encounters change us or at least our thoughts.
I continued to scroll through his blog and his next entry was about this organization (which I found out later that he is a founder of) called Buy Shoes Save Lives. (Side note: Selfish again... I want a pair of those shoes, however my feet may be too big :( and they are kinda expensive, but I could probably forgo another couple of pair of sneakers to get one of these... we'll see.) Buy Shoes. Save Lives. is pretty neat. The shoes they sell are handmade shoes, traditionally worn by the Kurdish people. Basically it takes a group of people many hours to make one pair of shoes. 50% of the cost of the shoe goes toward heart surgeries for Iraqi children whose parents can't afford the huge expense. 50% goes back to the people who spend hours making them. They are cool. We should all get some. :)

Anyway, after reading that blog and checking out that website, I began to think about just how selfishly I live. My focus is always myself. This is a problem. This reminds me of a saying I used to hear in VBS as a child: JOY= Jesus, Others, You. Let's hope that this becomes my relentless pursuit. Jesus first, then others, then myself.