Most of you
who know me understand that I am really not a fan of change. I am recovering from a long drawn out sinus
infection and I had to embrace some change during this process. I could not do all I wanted to do, I had to
sit different places as I could not hear or speak and I had to cancel some
commitments. All things I don’t like and
truly minor things, but it was still change.
Life really
is about change, our walk with God is change as we draw nearer to Him and
change to be more like Him. The only
constancy is God, Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and
forever. I am so grateful for His
unchanging love and my relationship with Him.
My mission trip
to The Gambia is rapidly approaching and I know this will be an experience full
of change, uncomfortableness and challenges.
I pray this will be an experience that honors God; where He uses us
mightily. The “plan” is for us to leave
on Friday 9/5/14 and return Sunday 9/14/14.
Most of you know that I am a “planner”, I have to laugh as I type
that. Please pray for our trip and for
the details to come together smoothly, we are less than 60 days out and do not
have plane tickets or visas yet (pray specifically that this goes smoothly). Pray for me so that I may have peace and calm as we go forward.
I know that
God is stretching me, because anyone who has ever been on a mission trip knows
the overall theme is always CHANGE. “Plans”
are never what we think they are, but God and His plan always prevails. The leader of our team recently sent out a
prayer email and I am copying part of what she sent about change. “Change
is needed at the Health Center in The Gambia. Change that brings new health
care personnel to that ministry.” Pray for wisdom for myself
and our team.
I pray all of you will embrace the
exciting changes that come when you walk with the Lord.
