The Last Days

God has showed himself to me in many ways the past 7 weeks. As now I travel home it is a bittersweet feeling. My heart longs to be back in Guatemala but I have work to do in Michigan; also a girlfriend to see in California. J It is my prayer that I may return to the mission field. Weather it is Guatemala or another country. I need to realize that wherever I am at is my mission field. It's not a foreign country or even a place. It's who you come in contact with. If they can see the love of Christ in your life then you are witnessing. Dan uses a lot of quotes in Guatemala and they seem to stick with me so here is one. "You can share the love of Christ and if necessary use words" We often think of words we have to say to others but what is more important? What you say to them or what you do in front of them so that they can see Christ is active in your life. I have looked at my life from the past 6 months and before that. Have I been witnessing for Christ the whole time? How disappointed is he in me for the time I have wasted? Or are those moments of learning and separation that bring us even closer to our maker.

Another Dan quote that I have written in my bible "Everyone will come out to watch you burn but if you're cold and dead, who cares?" If you look at the world who are the people that others follow? Are the shy, quiet, people who don't claim Christ for their own or those like Jesus who are radicals who make people stop and think? I'd rather be hated by the world and loved by God than anything else. It is my prayer that every day I will be used in some way and that I can be in His plan and His will. There is no fear when you are in his will. There is nothing to be afraid of. You have something greater that will take you further and push you more than you ever though you could do.