Well as you can tell Dan’s country music is really starting
to influence my life these days… not. I made this title only so I could change
it; it should really go something more like this for me right now: life’s a
1950’s model wooden roller coaster and I am getting thrown all over the place.
Why you ask is your life like a 1950’s model wooden roller
coaster? Good question. I suppose I will compare it to different parts of the
afore-mentioned roller coaster. First I will say that there are definitely good
parts, just like that first invigorating drop on the Timberwolf… Ministry is
great this month, we have been going to different believers houses and
encouraging them, and hearing awesome testimonies. We are also staying in the
Himalayan Mountains, so besides the chill in the air it is an absolutely
gorgeous place.
But. Just like on any good wooden coaster after the drop
comes the jerking, bumpy, “the safety devices in this thing are still up to
code with the 50’s” parts of the ride. As I am sure a lot of you heard our
amazing sister and leader Lindsay headed back to the states at the beginning of
this month. There was the first bump. So without a leader someone was asked to
step up into that position… and that person was me. Now I know the Lord called
me to this position, and I am confident that He is going to (and already is)
grow/teach/stretch/refine me through this new responsibility. That doesn’t make
it any easier of a jerky left hand turn on this here roller coaster of a life.
And then there is another awesome drop that makes you forget about what your
body just went through, and that is going out to a village and praying for
people to be healed, and seeing their faith and hunger for more of the Lord.
But it seems that just as soon as it started, that drop is over and you are
suddenly smelling the faint hint of the vomit of the last person who rode this
ride just a little too quickly after eating that delicious ham sandwich for
lunch…
Hopefully this isn’t too depressing of a post, just sharing
my feelings and how life seems to be going right now. I know it is a season,
and seasons pass, and again it isn’t all bad or tough, but those times
definitely seem to be making their presence known a lot right now. I will leave
you with a little encourager that I have been passing on to a lot of the
believers here, and consequently hearing a lot in my own quiet times with the
Lord.
Lord, “plans to prosper you
future.”
Jeremiah
29:11
Nothing to worry about.
love. obedience.
