I really do love
being overseas.
There is just
something about it.
I am more aware
of what God is doing.
I am more
intentional.
I am more focused
and driven in bring heaven to earth.
I have been home from
Liberia for almost 3 weeks and the question is still rolling around
in my head:
Why?
Why do I
operate differently when I am overseas?
Is it
because I am on a mission trip and it’s how I’m supposed
to be?
HOGWASH!
My life should be
ministry.
My life is
ministry.
So,
why did my mindset change the minute I stepped on the airplane?
I
really don’t know, but it sure has made me reevaluate my life here in
America.
A
discipline I am growing in right now is PRAYER.
Setting
aside time to really invest in prayer…
allowing
my heart to be activated…
asking
to be a part of what God is doing each second…
pleading
on behalf of people, countries, and cultures…
It’s
when I pray, like really delve into prayer, that I feel the most
alive,
joyful
and focused.
As
of right now, I don’t think I will be able to go overseas for at
least 3 years while I am in graduate school. As much as I love being
overseas and seeing what God is doing in different cultures and
communities, I am okay with being here…
more
than okay with being here.
My
life is ministry, remember- so I don’t need to go overseas to be a
part of what God is doing around the world.
I
can pray. My heart can be activated for what God is doing here and in
other parts of the world.
I
have some amazing missionary friends who I am able to support and
encourage in various countries.
God
is doing some amazing things here in the Atlanta area and I am
privileged to be a part of it… to be an ambassador for the Lord
here.
My
life is a long term mission trip- just for now I’m not having to
raise money in order to do it 🙂
So
right now, my prayer is that I would be alive,
intentional,
focused,
and joyful
while I am living out my calling here in Atlanta. That I would
continue to learn how to live
beyond myself.
That my life would look the same here as it does when I am
ministering overseas. That His “Kingdom come [and] will be done on
earth as it is in heaven� no matter where I am or where He takes
me.
Elizabeth Norris and Elizabeth Morris (how cute is that?)
I’m
sure you all are ready to hear about grad school… and you will….
in the next blog!
