Before I share about my time in Thailand I want to “pause
and play” with some thoughts of mine.
It correlates with the last 7 weeks and I’d rather share it now vs.
later.
Convergence! The merging of time and events.
This word has been in my spirit for some time now- but has
greatly increased in the past 6 months or so. I believe it’s a key “ingredient” to the “hope” I carry!
It’s makes me excited and at the same time I have a deep
urgency! Almost like coming to Disneyland for the first time… so excited to be
there but in the biggest rush to get in line! I mean you couldn’t get in line fast enough! Well, that’s how I feel sometimes.
Do you feel that way?? Like something’s coming
together? It doesn’t matter where
I’m at; what country or situation, I feel it!
There’s been a Convergence in my life, with friends of mine,
even organizations or ministries!
I dare to say especially with the church! There seems to be this thing
where people are sinking down into places of their hearts that revolve around words
like unity, honor, excellence, integrity, character, and LOVE!!
Maybe I’m overly optimistic, but no matter the context or
situation I still feel it. Even
when things are really hard…actually, especially when things are hard! I can’t
tell you how many people I’m around and it seems like something’s coming
together. I don’t even look for
it!
Andi (My co leader) and I continue to receive a lot of positive feedback in regards to our
leadership with L squad… What if
it was just the right time with the right people! I’ve said it before, that squad made us look good! What incredible people!
I continually feel like I’m “on time” How does that happen?
It’s always by the skiin of my chinny chin chin! But… on time!
Being “on time” isn’t marked by feeling all warm and
Goose-bumpy… half the time it starts out feeling really uncomfortable! But I can’t get over how blessed I
am! How much is actually for me
and that I keep feeling like I’m “on time.” It fuels my hope!
I’m attached to the good that God is doing in the world!
I’m violently filled with hope! Why violent? I
don’t know, it just sounds right and it’s how I feel. Maybe it’s the righteousness in me, if I can say that! I’m
violent towards evil, not people…evil.
And hope and passion only burn within me!
There’s all this talk about BAD stuff coming and that the
WORLD IS COMING TO AN END and etc.
Honestly I want to through a few four-letter words at that ideal. We
have such power in how we think and in what we say!
I’m a Christian who has made a very specific decision! That words I speak will be focused on
bringing life not death! My Father
in Heaven has taught me that what I speak has power and creative
potential! I have decided to
believe what God has said about my life! That in my frailty and imperfection I
am “the answer!” I am the point! I
am my Fathers hands and feet! I am
a bringer of life and hope to the hopeless and broken. In a day that other people fear I will
have hope! I have decided to
scream this from the mountain tops and from the low and dark places. Situations
and contexts don’t define me, I define them! I may not be able to change the world but I’ve decided to
live as if I can-hoping that others will decide the same! I have decided that I
will continue to be a man of character, integrity, and honor! Hope shall be one of my life messages!
I think now more then ever I understand why God’s love is furious! He is FURIOUS over us! Jealous over us! What kind of love is this?!- I love you GOD!
Maybe at the end of the day….. it’s just my heart converging
with the Fathers!
