Hey all, it’s been a little while since I posted my last blog. I’ll be honest and writing blogs pre-race has been kind of hard. i feel like I see or talk to most everyone that has committed to be apart of this journey with me at least once a week so writing is hard. But on the flip side I need to get in practic so you can follow along to the journey. So a little catching up on what’s transpired in the last month and future prayer requests from me for me.
This past month I have focused on preparing myself for the missions field, by helping the less fortunate in my community. Also took some time to focus on my relationship with Christ and practice some spiritual discipline. With a primary focus of solitude and relying on God to heal my brokenness . For the last month I have been concerned with how my story and my brokenness will bring others to Christ. Trying to focus on stories in the Bible how God healed brokenness, which there are plenty of. That’s no longer a concern of mine, yes ultimately I want my life to bring others to Christ.
Last Sunday I was listening to KSBJ the local Christian radio station and they had a guest on talking About mission work. So of course I was interested with what they had to say and what God’s called me to do. But let me rewind a little bit and tell you how great God is. So I participated in a couple of conferences since my last blog, The Send a gathering of missionaries, and Faithwalking. Both of these conferences/ events were amazing experiences and I definitely felt the Holy Spirit in both places. Faithwalking was great, we were put into small groups to help with the experience and to share our stories. At first I felt out of place in my group but this quickly changed and I realized why God chose my group. To my surprise they are/ were all missionaries praise God something in common.
Back to the radio station and the talk on missionaries, coincidence maybe, but no again God. So here I have been worried/ focused on my story and how I can bring others to Christ. What I heard on the radio that night was like a slap to the face. Who am I to be concerned if my story brings people to Christ. God didn’t call me to worry about my story and how many people I can bring to him. God called me to be obedient to him, to put my trust in him. To step out over the cliff and know that God has this. Which if you know me is kinda difficult for me to do, I want to be in control. The program that night was praying for missionaries, hence the title for this blog.
During the next year you may see a few frog emojis or just see me say or refer to FROG. This is very important if you see this, to say a little prayer for me that I will FROG (Fully Rely On God). Even if you don’t see me say it in a blog and you just happen to come across a frog in your daily life say a pray that we ??. Funny story I’m terrified of frogs so this makes it mean more to me.
Sorry back to the radio program, here I was concerned about how my story could bring people to God. But that’s when God told me to truly trust him I am just there to till the soil. He isnt calling me to preform miracles, he isn’t calling me to do anything special except to say “Here I Am God Send Me.” He is calling me to be his hands and feet, to serve those that need it most. I may or may not be responsible for bringing someone to Christ, but that is not my calling. My calling is to take up my cross and follow him.
Social media is great sometimes I came across a story the other day about an older lady hitting a shelf contain dishes that fell and broke. Frantically trying to clean it up and grab the barcodes so she could pay for them the store manager came up and told her not to worry about it they have insurance for that.
Collect the pieces of your broken heart from all life has thrown at you. God will heal all your wounds, he has forgiven all of your sins. Grace is our insurance, when we accept Jesus Christ as our lord and savior. God will say everything has already been paid all is forgiven. Thank you God for your grace and forgiveness.
March madness is upon us, which as a sports fan I enjoy. Time To fill out those brackets and cheer on you favorite team or the Cinderella of the year. Who knows maybe we will get another 1 seed that gets upset by 16 seed. UMBC anyone? For now God Bless and FROG Much Love Tristen
