Living In Mission
I read a blog this morning that was very encouraging and inspiring. The woman who wrote it had read a book as a young girl of 8 that inspired her to be a missionary when she grew up. She had several over-seas type mission experiences but never actually became a "missionary" in the way she thought God had originally called her. She got married and her and her husband served in ministry together in various ways. As an adult she wrestled with this but eventually came to the realization that God had not necessarily called her to go on a "mission" somewhere, but to live "in mission" wherever she was and to love people. This is so encouraging to me. When I was in junior high I went to a missions conference and was inspired to be a missionary but what I think it really comes down to is God was giving me a desire to love and help others. In high school I went to Mexico every year to build houses and those years were life changing. Not too long ago, as...