We were asked to write a blog about how we felt before leaving on this mission trip. Here is what I’m expecting…
I don’t really know how to write this out in paragraph form; it’s much easier to list these out.
-I expect God to show me who i really am.
-I expect to be broken down from the inside out.
-I expect to be tested like never before: not so much physically, but spiritually.
-I expect to see God speaking and touching people’s hearts in a way that I have never witnessed before.
-I expect to see how mature and immature I really am as a believer.
-I expect to learn and maybe grasp a better hold on the idea that I can’t DO anything to hang on to my salvation. This process has already started, and I don’t think it’s going to stop. This past Sunday at church, the pastor talked about the purpose of Christ’s and how he brought glory to God through his life. As a believer, I exist for the glory of God. I know that the way I’m meditating on it isn’t coming through as clearly when I’m writing about it, but it’s an important concept I’m only beginning to accept. I’m going to be doing a lot of work, fulfilling one of God’s commissions and I can see how easy I could fall into the trap of viewing this kind of experience inappropriately.
-I expect to ask for a lot of help, which is something I usually hesitate to do (especially when it comes to money).
-I expect to see or hear about miracles
-I expect to learn the benefits and calling of interdependence as the teammates and I come to rely on each other
-I expect to be tested as a leader, and more importantly as God’s follower
-I expect God to blow me away by his natural beauty across the planet