…just not in the way you think. Before coming here, I had a certain expectation of what was going to happen and what I wanted to get out of the week spent here. Actually, I don’t think that I knew what was going to happen. I just knew that God had me coming here for a good reason.
Being taken out of my normal everyday environment and pushed to make bonds with people I’ve never met all while dealing with issues in my own life felt a little exhausting and undoable at first. Besides feeling like I have been here for way more than just a few days, this week has shown me a lot about bonding with a real community of people whose hearts burn for the Lord and realizing that it is now up to us to see His kingdom come to earth.
Before, I was worried about being hot, dirty, tired, and uncomfortable, and even though I was, at various times, all of those things, God has changed my mind. He has changed my mind from the idea that this is totally about me to realizing that this is about Him, about the hurting, the broken, and the lost.
Being outside in the heat, eating strange food, sleeping under the stars, and hanging out with people I’ve never met are not usually ME, but this is about Almighty God! I am loved by Him and called for a purpose. God has changed my mind from thinking that this is my story to understanding that I am living the story of the Father’s heart!
