Darlene Zschech: 100 Days of Hope in Rwanda
Posted: Tuesday, August 29, 2006, 17:59 (BST)
Mark and I and a great team of people have just completed a mission in Rwanda called 100 days of Hope. It was in response to the 12th anniversary of the genocide which approximately 1 million people were brutally and savagely slaughtered within this 100 day period, and our hearts were SO convicted to just get in there and bring hope and love to the amazing survivors and heroes who live in this land today. I do not tell you about this work to tell you about us, but to paint a picture of what is to come... and to encourage you in all that you are doing and bringing as artists and worshippers, that in the end... it’s always about OTHERS.
I guess it’s been a few years since I unmistakably heard the voice of the Lord deep within my spirit, that as the sound of worship rises from the earth...and the hearts of ordinary men and women are challenged to the core to change and to truly be the hands and feet of Christ, well, so is the grand responsibility being made aware to our hearts for the broken and seemingly forgotten.
1 Cor 13 talks about the power of a heart that is motivated by love and what it is truly capable of....
Psalm 149 talks about the true worshippers, with the high praises of God in our mouths AND a two-edged sword in our hand...valiantly praising a pathway through life that leads to true and complete freedom...
Isaiah 61:11 ’For as surely as the earth brings forth its shoots, and as a garden causes what is sown in it spring forth, so surely the Lord God will cause righteousness and justice and praise to spring forth before all the Nations.....
Through the love of Christ we are changed..... we who hunger after Him MUST be experiencing change in our hearts... BUT FOR WHAT??
Jesus, at the well in John 4:24, when speaking about spirit and truth worshippers, was more interested in the life of a broken woman, and her journey of wholeness, than with his own reputation...and her story continues to bring freedom to her entire town in the very next chapter.
To be known as leaders in the realm of worship and praise, creative expression on any level... and yet not be known for the love in our hearts, is a great tragedy too great to express. Making sure you create room in your heart for passions other than your fulfilment or your own needs is pretty much where it is at... and as passion fuels it all, lets talk about your passions for one moment.
A life void of passion is grey, dull, boring, and certainly doesn’t represent life... but when your passions are misdirected, they can get you into trouble.
A passion for something which does not belong to you or ever should...will drive you to complete distraction and frustration...and to the extreme end, will only cause great anguish and heartache.
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Added: Saturday, June 16, 2007, 6:17 (BST)
Darlene Zschech is a great person as so many seem to know. I admire her going to rwanda and doing whatever it was that she did-All of it is accounted for as great in the kingdom of god. She has a great heart and courage to even step out and give support! She has a great ability of putting her talents with her heart and doing the purposes that god has called her to. She is a great inspiration to me.
-how great is our god""" so worthy to be praised..
april, arkansas, usa
Added: Tuesday, January 23, 2007, 12:46 (GMT)
Mark and Darlene you are doing a great work to bring the hope of God to the hopeless.
Dozie, Lagos, Nigeria
Added: Friday, December 29, 2006, 13:54 (GMT)
Darls, pls try to reply ur teeming fans and stop feeling like a celebrity
Mildred, London, UK
Added: Tuesday, September 19, 2006, 9:10 (BST)
wow, Pastor Zschech's heart is really shining in this column. I've always wanted to go to Rwanda to see what its like there and how the people are like there after the horrible genocide. Hopefully i will one day, and experience this sort of passion. xx
Millie Jackson, Hackney England
Added: Tuesday, September 19, 2006, 2:11 (BST)
Truly inspiring, like always.
Tim , Vancouver, Canada
