I have often been lovingly called “weird” by friends because of what my
life seems to look like. Sometimes I get… “you are bold”, brave, adventurous, crazy, and once or twice, I’ve been called a “Nomad”. Rightfully so I guess. I feel like even before leaving college, I have been in a constant state of transition. Transition that has seen me trek around the world and most of the continental US of A.
I gotta tell you though, as much as I like fresh new experiences, there has been a little more purpose in most of my trekking than just a need to live out new experiences or a complete lack of commitment to old ones – And more so in these last couple of years. Well OK, maybe I might be working through some commitment issues…a tad! 🙂 The Lord has been grooming and leading me in that for sure. Needless to say, there has been PURPOSE.
In these last few years, trekking the world, has been done with intentions to be obedient to what I believe God has called us to. And I can tell you this much, none of those decisions have come easily. No, not at all. It does however seem to get easier every time I make one and take a step further in that direction.
As the years go by, I more frequently crave a constant community environment I can be apart of, and some sense of being settled. I crave a home church that I can fully invest in, and they in me. I crave mentors and leaders that can drive me further into God’s purpose for this life I live. And like many of my friends, I look forward to having a family. Yes, a wife and kids…many, many kids (poor woman, better her than me) :p But in all this, I often wonder, as a man, am I going to be able to properly provide for mi familia? What would it look like for me to meet their needs and support ALL.THOSE.KIDS. Eeesh!!
I do hear it is cheaper by the dozen though, soo…
Even right now, thinking through it, my mindset has always been me taking care of my parents RIGHT NOW, where they can bask in the sun and Son and enjoy some of the fruits of their labor and that of their kids…ME!! It hurts more than you know that I can’t financially do that right now. It hurts!
All I’m saying is I think about these things, quite a bit. I’m on the verge of turning 29, I had bigger “man-ideas” of where I would be when that happened and most times, I don’t necessarily see myself as bold, brave, crazy or even adventurous…well, maybe crazy. I just want to be OBEDIENT. Yea, and that’s a task in itself.
I really want my life to count for more than my own(my family, my friends, mine).
I want to be in that place of trust in God, where I am able to live out my purpose and still find that security that we all desire. There is RISK(or is there?) in trusting God, and I just want to be willing to take it. Every time.
K, with all that said, as might be known to most, I recently just completed a move to Gainesville, Ga. I have been in beautiful San Diego, Cali for the past eight months, and its been a great season. I got connected with an amazing church body there, The City Church SD and miss them quite a bit. But yes, I am now in the Atlanta/Gainesville area continuing to pursue a few business ideas I have, the tuk-tuk project (ask me bout it) and a couple others.
While here, I will be working with Kingdom Dreams(KD), a project with vision to see the God given kingdom-focus dreams in people come alive. Apart from me helping to develop the KD vision, the KD team has chosen to come along side me and help develop my ideas and dreams. Providing mentoring and network opportunities, encouragement and a needed support base.
On other fronts, I am also looking for a paid position, as a brotha needs to make some bills($$) to pay for the many bills he’s got going on. I’ll take those connections if you have ’em 🙂
All in all, I am keeping real busy, and things are going great. Learning to lean on and be ever more dependent on God. I have some news on a quick, short-term missions trip I have coming up in a few months, I’ll share in my next post. I’ll need your support, so look for it!! 😀
