DTS is over

I am currently sitting in the DFW airport... waiting for my flight to leave a 7:30. Even though I have to wait a long time... I have no reason to complain, because the last five months make it worth while.

I cannot believe that my simple decision to do a DTS at YWAM Tyler would allow God to totally revolutionize my life... my whole LIFE. I have come to realize that this life I live is not mine... but the Lord's. I am on this earth for one specific purpose, just as everyone else is. TO PREPARE THE WAY OF THE LORD... TO SEE HIS KINGDOM COME AND WILL BE DONE ON THIS EARTH.

God has given me a desire to see this fulfilled... to see it become reality... NOW. I do not have this heart out of obligation, but out of the desire and passion that God has put in my heart. The only way to see this become reality... is to live life the way am supposed to, not the way the world tells me to. I want to be a missionary... for my whole life. I want to be a witness, and desire to see others experience freedom in the Lord, as I have. I will not give into the world. We to realize that the Lord has so much more for their lives. Let's stop giving into the world... because essentially we are just giving into the devil's deceit. AND, THAT IS THE LAST THING WE SHOULD BE DOING. I am saying this, not to point fingers, but actually remind myself. It is just something that the Lord has really put on my heart... how important it is to live in total submission and obedience to HIM... LITERALLY. Just saying it isn't enough...

"And now, behold, I am going to Jerusalem, constrained by the Spirit, not knowing what will happen to me there, except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city that imprisonment and afflictions await me. But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the Gospel of the grace of God." Acts 20: 22-24

This, to me, should not be a foreign way of life. If we know that we are strong with Jesus Christ... and we have authority with Him... then why should any affliction cause us to hesitate in sharing the Gospel? It didn't even phase Paul... IT DIDN'T PHASE JESUS! So why does it stop us from our ministry? We are to walk as Jesus walked... in EVERY way. We are not exempt from affliction, for Jesus was not. Paul realized this... and he was a marvelous man of God because of his faith and obedience to God's will. I pray that the Lord will lead me to live this way for him... I desire this.

p e r s i s t . . .

It is my last night in Korea... I am sad to be leaving, but excited to start a new season in my life. The last 5 days we have all been staying in a host home. My family is amazing... a total blessing from God. I couldn't feel more at home.

On February 8 it was my mom's birthday... which is February 9 in Korea. My mom has a HUGE heart for orphans and orphanages... seriously, and I think that is so cool that God has given her (and the rest of my family) a desire to serve orphans and love them as Jesus does. Well, on February 9... which is one out of like 50 days we have been in Korea, we go to an orphanage... on my mom's birthday! I just think it is cool... and NOT a coincidence, but God's plan. WOWOW!

And by the way... ABSOLUTELY NO child should ever have to live in that type of environment. Children need the love of the Father... of parents. And for many children (too many) to not even receive a hug or a kiss from someone who cares about them... ever... is unfair.

1 John 2:6: "whoever ays he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked."

Proverbs 27:12: "The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it."

Jesus Christ, God's son, was a simple man. He didn't come to earth in the glory of a typical king. He came as the lowest of the low... born in a manger... to young, poor parents.

He walked in the direction of his Father... and we should too. 1 John 2:6 tells us that if we claim the name of Christ... then we better WALK EXACTLY AS JESUS WALKED while he was on earth. Otherwise... we are just hypocrites... we are doing ourselves no good, but instead digging our own graves.

Through suffering... affliction... imprisonment... good and bad, we are to walk as Jesus Christ. Jesus did not stay from danger... but he accepted it as it came his way. For, he know that his reason on this earth was SO MUCH BIGGER THAN HIS OWN THOUGHTS OR DESIRES. WHY CAN'T WE REALIZE THIS IN OUR OWN LIVES? Jesus knew he was here to live a sacrificial life, and die... die... for our sins. To demonstrate the love of the Father on earth. He knew his purpose... we should know ours.