Outside my own little world is not a place I visit too often. As a matter of fact, I can't remember the last time that I have been there...it's not that I don't want to visit--it's just that I am, well, you know, busy inside my own little world.
In my own little world, I feel like there is enough for me to do; sometimes, it is all-consuming...how in the world do I have time to visit other places? Yet, recently, I have been feeling like God is getting ready to send me on a trip. Guess where I am going?!? You got it, outside my own little world.
The phrase "what if there's a bigger picture" has been playing on repeat in my mind for about 6 months....what if, just maybe, there really is something I am missing out on because I will not leave my own little world to see it?
I love to travel (ask anyone who knows me well); however, I have a feeling that God's intentions are not for me to simply go on vacation. He wants me to become a resident of this new place---permanent citizenship.
He wants me to live outside my own little world and see the bigger picture that He has designed for me. I can already tell you, there are going to be some places that I really, really like--but I can also already foresee that there are going to be some places that I hope I don't have to visit very long. However, I guess, I will just have to deal with that as it comes.
Right now, God is just prepping my heart and getting me "packing". He is setting my priorities and shifting my heart. God is causing Sean and I to become inquisitive into the idea of what would our lives look like if we truly lived our lives doing something that matters to people outside our own little world---something that will count for eternity.
At this point, I don't really know where are ending destination will be or even how we are going to get there, but this one thing is for sure--I know that God has a much bigger picture for my life than I can see, and I am willing and ready to start the journey outside my own little world.
First stop, Haiti : )
can i hitch a ride with you?
ReplyDeletefollowing your every step :)
xoxoxo
Wow..that is deep lady. When God calls, you go and it's as simple as that! We get one shot in this lifetime to do what he instructs...make him proud!
ReplyDeleteglad to hear you 3 made it!
ReplyDeleteyou are truly a beautiful person and I have a feeling that God sent me to you...
ReplyDeleteI believe in God but I do not know if he is in my heart. But I think you are the person who might be able to "fix" that...
ReplyDeleteBaby girl, I will take any child no matter color, size, gender or age, AND I will love them all. Bring home as many as you can get on the plane and I will put clean sheets on all the beds. Love you and love this blog. your picture took me back to one of my favorite pictures of you in the Philipines with a little child on your hip, just like this photo, with a caption under it that read, "Here am I Lord, Send Me". I knew then that you were destine to go some day and that children would be a part of your life. I am in constant prayer for you, Sean and Matt. That is my part. Love You so Much mom
ReplyDeleteBert bring them all home, I'll love them all.dad ps wish I was there
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