Wow. It’s been a while since I have blogged on here. The deep contemplative has given way to the daily grind. Funny how that happens. Daily studies for school leave little time for blogging and with no recent missions adventures (however one would define that), I have thought little of this site lately.
I remember a point that was made at World Race final debrief about how it can be hard for Racers to go back to an ordinary desk job kind of life. For nearly a year (and over a year counting winding up and winding down), our life was a constant exciting and intimidating adventure full of uncertainty. We never knew just what tomorrow would bring. And though none of us ever really do, we have a more detailed forecast in our structure lives of routine; we can anticipate meetings and tests and holidays and deadlines and harvests and….. etc.
On the Race, we knew in about a month, we’d be leaving that place and heading to a new one. We were forced to take it one day/week/maximum month at a time. At home, we get to think farther ahead, only without a change in scenery. And I don’t just mean the views; each month we would experience a different language, culture, ministry, team dynamic, etc. We got used to constant change and adjustment. And I can say as an alumni of over two years now, it’s a tough transition. I still feel the urge to travel or rearrange or overall change something every month. It has been uncomfortable for me to sit in a classroom or sit at my desk all the time and study and that being my current service to the Kingdom. Enjoying the course material has helped me greatly, but I still feel, in a way, useless.
But I am not. Boring as it may be to me, God has me where He wants me and He is doing great things, not only in me, but also through me. And that is the point. It is very easy to serve when it suits your personal fancy (for me: travel, risk, and adventure), but we are to serve whole-heartedly even when it doesn’t. And God still uses us in those uncomfortable places. I would still prefer to be halfway around the world in awful living conditions, but He has me here. You may prefer to be in the place you are at, but He may be calling you to someplace icky (to you).
Serve God wherever you are, and go wherever He sends you. Remember, He is greatly concerned for your spiritual health; it is your comfort He has little concern for. (Concern is totally the wrong word, but my English vocabulary has been elusive lately, so there it is 🙂
Serve God. Carry your cross. Win souls.
