A Little Lunch Break Blog……

23 Days and counting to departure to Africa and my heart is racing.  There has been so much to do and still so much to be done (oh, these are words from a Rich Mullins song)…. also, while I type my Africa song is on Pandora….. “With Everything” by Hillsong. I blogged about this song many months ago. I’ll link both songs at the bottom for you… just because.

I was remembering  this morning  that I was offered the opportunity to travel to Guatemala several years back but it “did not work out” – – – well, it didn’t work out because I never made the decision to say “YES”.

Africa is happening because I prayed and said YES to God.  Then He has helped me step by step to stay strong and not back out.  There have been MANY reasons to stay home, MANY reasons to feel unqualified, MANY reasons to be afraid, and MANY reasons to just give up……. but it is in the initial YES that I (WE) purpose in our hearts to COMMIT to something and then hang on.  Saying YES opens up the flood gates of Heaven to pour out blessings but also in the flood is the enemy’s legions whose only purpose is to get us to say NO.

Every step is one more toward my greatest adventure and my greatest test.

The battle will not be won until my feet are back on Texas soil and I have accomplished what the Lord purposed for me in this journey.  What is my purpose ?  I don’t have a clue !!!  God has not sent Angels or Jesus to me with a check list.  And I have never heard out loud from Him that I am supposed to go.  But, I know in my heart that I want to go to take what I have of Jesus and the Holy Spirit and empty it out into the lives of the children and the women there.  They are already believers – so fantastic !!!!!  So, my calling is to take encouragment and HOPE to them and tell them that anything is possible with God.

Anything is Possible with God.

Ok, I’m preaching to myself here so just hold on tight, you might get an uplift for your spirit too …… No matter what I’ve done. No matter how many times I’ve fallen down. No matter that I’ve had one divorce and now separated from husband #2.

Yesterday does not matter, it is over.

Today is a new day to rise up and say YES. I am not defined by my yesterdays! Let me (us) live every day until the last day – our last day is the day that our family can look back and total everything up – did we do ok, did we do the best we could, did we leave a legacy of love?  It is not over until the last day. Then we can run to the arms of Jesus,.  Until then we just take it “step by step” and serve Him “with everything”.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2KOCgC8DnU (Rich Mullins, “Step by Step”)

I chose the above link because Mr Mullins died many years back and this link is a live version with him speaking for the first 3 minutes and it is really worth hearing his heart.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVHKi5qVYqs (Hillsong, “With Everything”)