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Challenge.03
We don't have to go hungry very often, so maybe choosing to do so voluntarily for just one meal can help us empathize. Skip a meal and donate the $15 to an organization like World Vision (or a non-profit of your choice) that is working to get food to people in impoverished countries

Response.03 - M.

As soon as I discovered what the 3rd mercy challenge would be I thought..."wait, what were the first two again and did I even attempt them?" Oh yeah (After reading about them again) 1) pray on and 2) learn about the plights of others. It didn't even occur to me that the difficulty level of these two challenges was about a one out of ten, that it would take virutally no time out of my day, that it was exceedingly significant if I am to grow in compassion, mercy and self-discovery, if I was to be a better person for having found some grace within myself. And so it never happened.

It was never perceived in my own mind as something significant to me, and yet it probably ranks up there with some of the most important things occurring in my present. It can change my feelings about my past and likely would shape my future and yet it didn't happen.

There's is much "emptiness" that I feel of late. Emptiness that I attribute to different things, don't get me wrong...I sincerely feel blessed and privileged beyond most. So why is it that I feel so empty? I've always felt that I know my own self, circumstances so well, always seen the forest and overlooked the trees, but now I think that I'm still in that forest looking at each tree trying to find significance that can only be found when I've risen high enough to see the forest.

Baby steps. I will attempt these challenges, albeit late...and hope that God will strengthen the mercy and love for others that should reside in me but is sorely lacking.

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