Missionary vs. a humanitarian

In light of my last post and frustration with the current situation in Haiti, the ever-wise Nick Mangine gently reminded me of something I needed to be reminded of yet again--

I didn't come here to be a humanitarian. I came here as a missionary.

Now, just by default a lot of missionary work is humanitarian.

But the truth is, if that's the focus of what we're doing, we will always fail. Always. How gracious of God to place me here in a place where I can never "succeed." ;)

Someday I will get this through my head-- it's not my job to "save" Haiti. (Which is good, because if it was, I'd be doing a really sucky job.)

My job is not providing hope. My job is to be the body of Christ, and in doing so, point people to the true source of hope.

Thanks for the reminder Nick.