We go through transition throughout like. It could be moving or changing roles, but in all there is grief, difficult challenges and growth. We can encourage each other in these movements that all are part of the journey.
It’s easy to think we do little to advance God’s Kingdom. When we look at the world it can seem discouraging. May I suggest that it’s not that what you do is small, but how you view the life you give to Christ is small. Let’s reflect on what it might mean to have ‘eyes to see’.
I recently had this story published on the ChinaSource blog and I thought I would share a bit of my story with you. It’s a reflection on the process of leaving a calling, transition, and grief. (Link below) “We never choose to leave the field. We may be asked to leave by officials. We may have to leave for the sake of family needs or safety. Sinfulness may force us from the field, or we…
I am not much of an adventurist. I don’t take many risks and honestly, I’m scared of more than I’d like to admit. I don’t ski because I fear heights. To ski, you have to jump off the lift to go down the mountain. I can never let go. I’d rather ride the lift around until I accidentally plop into a mound of snow. In summary, anything involving letting go without control is not my…
Two years seems like enough time to grieve, right? Sitting cramped in my economy seat with a pit of emptiness in my stomach leaving China with no return ticket, God comforted me through another’s loss. “By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept. We remembered Zion. If I […] forget you o’ Jerusalem may my right hand forget its skill. Psalm 137:1 & 5 (NIV paraphrase) Leaving the Shanghai airport, one of China’s east coast…
Making all things new The time to leave China arrived. As a person of imagery, the only picture in my spirit was darkness. A girl standing on a path unlit and shadowed. Where did the light unto my path go? Where do I go? I thought I’d be in China for years to come, but God’s holy flame that guided my calling and life began moving. Like the Israelites, who followed the cloud by day…
