Im a few weeks in and I keep finding myself frustrated with myself. Frustrated when I keep wishing that I could be at home. Frustrated when Im not being present. Frustrated when I lack a spirit of thanksgiving.
I asked God to make me uncomfortable. To show me what He wants me to see. To make me different.
God gave my team leader a word for me at training camp in July.
Uprooted.
Colossians 2:6-7
“Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.”
I must become uprooted to become deeply rooted.
He’s uprooted me from all of familiarity. He picked a new family for me, new leaders and mentors, a new place to live, a new way of life with new rules and customs, and a brand new culture. I have no idea why I thought this would be easy!
I don’t know what’s going to come out of this frustration or time of struggling. I’m ready though. For whatever He has. I’m not a tumbleweed with one shallow root. Im a sequoia tree with lots of deep roots. I cannot be overtaken when the wind comes because my faith is sufficient. I was made for this.
