Where Does Our Road Lead To?

When I wrote the last post, my husband and I were on a Vision Tour to see if God was calling us to minister in that particular location. This location had been on my husband's heart for almost 2 years when he first visited the city with a class from his school. He came home from that trip saying, "I know we want to work in this other place, but THIS place is where I can see myself working and where I think God may call us". Well, little did we know at the time, but he was right.

Nothing happens quickly with my husband or me for that matter. We are not your fly by the seat of your pants type people. So to say that we knew God's will in the matter of 6 quick days while on this tour is actually not true. We have prayed for years for God to reveal where and in what He was leading. But it wasn't until most recently that God has slowly open His hand to us to reveal how He has been orchestrating His plans for us for years...well actually, since time began.

And since we aren't the fly by the seat of your pants type people, you would think we would be okay with the waiting for the 'what next' part...you'd think. But, being imperfect people, we aren't always okay with it. God has revealed the where for us, which was actually different than where we had originally thought. However, until God reveals the how He will provide us the opportunity to be involved in the work He has planned for us, we pray...and wait.

Yes, there are "things" we have to do to ready ourselves in the meantime. Things such as assessments and interviews and fund raising and meetings and brainstorming and preparing the children and visiting family and...and...and.

But in the midst of all the waiting, I am S.L.O.W.L.Y learning that God's plan does not happen ahead of God's perfect timing.

How can you help? Pray! Pray earnestly and with all your might every day for us because this place we are called to is under attack. And pray because Jesus said where two or three are gathered in His name, He is among them.

Luke 10:2-3: And He said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest. Go your way; behold, I am sending you out as lambs in the midst of wolves.

Love,

Miles of Air

As I sit on the plane, staring down miles of sky through the beauty of God's creation below me, I am struck by the following stirring in my heart:

God has called me to be His disciple; to be a follower of Christ. That means I follow Him anywhere. I don't get to choose whether I follow Him in warm or cold weather, in the midst of a city or the countryside, near or far away from my extended family, living in a luxury high-rise or on a dirt floor.

God's people are everywhere, waiting for one of His called disciples to say, "Here I am, Lord, send me"!

I am willing, ready to give up my wants, desires, and what I think are necessities because I know God desires that of me...."Take up your cross and follow me"....

Are you willing to follow Him wherever and however He leads?

Isaiah 42:6-7: I am the LORD; I have called you in righteousness; I will take you by the hand and keep you; I will give you as a covenant for the people, a light for the nations, to open the eyes that are blind, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, from the prison those who sit in darkness.