It’s 12:26pm. So far today I’ve spent time with the Lord, drank coffee, exercised a little, drank coffee, talked to my mom, drank coffee, read the newspaper and drank coffee. Oh yeah, and I drank coffee. 🙂 I’m not going to lie; I’ve begun feeling a tad antsy about what the Lord wants me to do next. I haven’t been home three weeks yet, but I think in the back of my mind I thought for sure by now I’d have something figured out. You know, a light-bulb moment or something (I changed a light-bulb; does that count? 🙂 ). I am looking at options with different organizations and seeing what is out there, but the most important thing I can do is pray and let the Holy Spirit lead.
There is something I know for sure though; my eyesight has forever been changed. I have a new prescription. I can’t, nor do I want, to go back to pre-2011. I’ve seen lives once captured in slavery be released to True Freedom. I’ve seen the Power of the Lord send evil running. I’ve also seen hopelessness spread across thousands of faces. I’ve seen and walked in brothels I wish with all of my heart didn’t exist. I’ve prayed on a street where young women and girls are literally held captive (the bedroom windows are barred). These images have been burned into my memory; I will never forget what I’ve seen.
The trip itself was only four months but I know I have been and will continue to be changed by this experience. I believe the Lord used me, my team and my squad for His purposes during the trip but that He also will use it for the rest of our lives on earth (every day we have a chance to pour His love on others). He has opened our eyes for a reason; even though I don’t know what is next yet I do know I can’t sit by while injustice, pain, poverty and hopelessness can be found in my neighborhood, in the city I live, in the world. There is much to be done. And the only One Who can bring true healing, restoration, hope and renewal is the Lord. There is no amount of darkness that can hide His Light, and He has called the Church to go and do; to love, to serve. It is His Love that changes the world. It is His Love that has changed me. So this I know: Love has been done, Love is doing right now, and Love comes next. And however and wherever He chooses to take me, I will go. 🙂
