Focus

What started it all...remember Adrienne, Sydney, Madeline, Rachel, Geneva, Katie, Mia, Jana...remember watching this at the conference? Absolutely blown away by God's spirit moving in each one of us...? I'm praying for you girls. Maybe we'll all go together somewhere. I'll be praying as you each go to the nursing home Wednesday night when I'm in the air. You'll all be with me :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpVsF4W8V2Y
So cool. I just can't hear that song anymore and not think of this video.

"It's not a vacation. It's a mission trip :)" How many times have I thought that this am?

We've been given direction and have an itinerary and our own goals but it is God who directs our paths. I'm trying to keep the focus clear, we're called to be servants. Hands and feet. Hands and feet. Hands and feet.

My planned outfit for the next 10 days?
"The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light."

Eph 6:11 - Eph 6:19
Put on all of God's armor so that you will be able to stand firm against all strategies and tricks of the Devil.
For we are not fighting against people made of flesh and blood, but against the evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against those mighty powers of darkness who rule this world, and against wicked spirits in the heavenly realms.
Use every piece of God's armor to resist the enemy in the time of evil, so that after the battle you will still be standing firm.
Stand your ground, putting on the sturdy belt of truth and the body armor of God's righteousness.
For shoes, put on the peace that comes from the Good News, so that you will be fully prepared.
In every battle you will need faith as your shield to stop the fiery arrows aimed at you by Satan.
Put on salvation as your helmet, and take the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
Pray at all times and on every occasion in the power of the Holy Spirit. Stay alert and be persistent in your prayers for all Christians everywhere.

From the assigned book we were to read before we left. Warren Wiersbe in On Being a Servant of God...
The man who gives himself to other men can never be a wholly sad man; but no more can he be a man of unclouded gladness.

I expect this trip will be very joyful in many ways. Very exciting and world changing and filled with new sights and sounds. I am also aware that when I come back I will be forever changed. I hope to come back determined not to take for granted the gifts I have here, the preciousness of each day as a present and to be reminded God is at work. Everywhere. Every day in every one of us. Each to our ow own bent and determined course.

Psm 139:16
Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book they all were written, The days fashioned for me, When as yet there were none of them.

Adios amigos :)
Grace and peace to you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m36OWibR6nk
Check it out, never saw it before this morning - very cool. Looks almost Amazon riverish doesn't it?