Immigrants

This past weekend, Dr. Daniel Carroll from the Denver Seminary came to Mission Adelante to talk about the issue of immigration in the Christian perspective. He gave us some insight on this issue and what we should do as Christians to not let the media, politics or selfish ambitions take hold of what is truth and what is right for a group of people that should be loved.

Dr. Carroll wrote the book "Christians at the Border" which is a great resource for immigration and where its in the Bible. Its a comprehensive study that's practical and thought provoking of immigration in the Old and New Testament.

There was so many mind blowing things talking to Danny and hearing his experiences as a Guatamalen-American man. I never realized how my perspective was so narrow-minded.

Leviticus 19:33-34 says: 'When an alien lives with you in your land, do not mistreat him. The alien living with you must be treated as one of your native-born. Love him as yourself, for you were aliens in Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

That is a COMMAND! To love the alien who is living in our land.

Let us not grow naive or forgetful of what God has called us to do.

These immigrants that we hear about that are 'taking over' our country are just as much human as us. These immigrants who can be stereotyped as criminals, gangsters or uneducated are mothers, fathers, sons, daughters who can benefit our society and really Bibically be more opportunities to share the Gospel.

We need to think Bibically and Christ-like.

When I think of immigrants-I think of Nayeli, Iris, Salma, Edgar, Jaime, Odalis, Perla, Raul, Mayra, Luz, Meme, Felipe, Marta, Fernando, Alejandro. These are the immigrants that I am trying to follow the commandment Levitcus 19:33-34 with many of these immigrants (many of them undocumented and illegal) I am called to love them, not to know if they are supposed to be here.