One of my biggest fears going into this trip is that I won’t be able to love people enough. I have 5 teammates, 55 squadmates, and will meet more people than I can possibly imagine over this next year. How do you love your teammates when you spend 24 hours a day with them, seeing all their junk and showing them all of yours? How do you love the drunk who stumbles in and interrupts your worship service? How do you spread your heart wide enough to love each of the hundreds of orphans you meet individually and intentionally? I KNOW I can’t do that. I can’t even love my own family and friends well! And I trust that the Lord will fill me with love for these people, but still there’s been this gnawing question, “How will I love the unlovable?”I’ve spent the last several days at Training Camp here in Gainesville, GA. I’ve been asking the Lord to give me a picture of what the next year will hold. Over and over I’ve seen 3 different pairs of eyes staring into mine. That’s all I can see, just the eyes of a Muslim woman, an African boy and an Asian girl. For days I’ve been asking the Lord what that means. Last night, I saw them again and finally the Lord answered me.
“When you cannot love them, look into their eyes. That’s where you’ll see me. Those are my eyes shining in them. When you see me in their eyes, I will give you the heart, the strength, the energy to love them.”
