Where to next?
I finally leave for Bethany College of Missions at about 5am tomorrow morning.
I saw an ad for them in a magazine about two or three years ago...maybe it was...well, I don't remember. One of the magazines put out under Christianity Today. This place has been on the back of my mind for a couple of years now. I keep coming back to it and looking at it. So, here I go...
Pray for me while I am gone. Pray that things go smoothly, no unexpected expenses, and that I get some direction.
I do not think that I am the most qualified person in the world to do missions work. I have a long way to go. But, then again, God uses the foolish and weak people of the world to do amazing things. All throughout the entire Bible that is what you see.
I know that this is something that God has put on my heart since we first became friends.
I don't care anymore about living a normal life. I don't care about the "American Dream". I don't care if I have to leave everything behind to follow Jesus.
I want to see God give people new lives.
I want to see hurting people loved and healed.
I want to see hopeless people smiling with joy when they know that the God who is bigger than the whole universe notices them and has a part for them.
I want to see people rescued out of darkness.
I want my friends to be with me when Jesus makes everything right again.
I want to see amazing things.
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My dream is not a fortune, fancy car, or mansion
My dream is not recognition, status, power, or position
My dream is not to gain all the treasures of this world
My dream is not to chase all these momentary things
I want to live for what truly matters
I want to live for something more
I want to walk the path less traveled
To be part of something greater than myself
You may think that I am crazy
You may think I've tossed my life away
But these things no longer matter to me
Life is short, and they quickly pass away
I want to do something that will last eternally
Even if it costs me myself and everything
- My Dream (Jim Rogers)
"He is no fool who gives up what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose"
- Jim Elliot
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God, help me...
I saw an ad for them in a magazine about two or three years ago...maybe it was...well, I don't remember. One of the magazines put out under Christianity Today. This place has been on the back of my mind for a couple of years now. I keep coming back to it and looking at it. So, here I go...
Pray for me while I am gone. Pray that things go smoothly, no unexpected expenses, and that I get some direction.
I do not think that I am the most qualified person in the world to do missions work. I have a long way to go. But, then again, God uses the foolish and weak people of the world to do amazing things. All throughout the entire Bible that is what you see.
I know that this is something that God has put on my heart since we first became friends.
I don't care anymore about living a normal life. I don't care about the "American Dream". I don't care if I have to leave everything behind to follow Jesus.
I want to see God give people new lives.
I want to see hurting people loved and healed.
I want to see hopeless people smiling with joy when they know that the God who is bigger than the whole universe notices them and has a part for them.
I want to see people rescued out of darkness.
I want my friends to be with me when Jesus makes everything right again.
I want to see amazing things.
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My dream is not a fortune, fancy car, or mansion
My dream is not recognition, status, power, or position
My dream is not to gain all the treasures of this world
My dream is not to chase all these momentary things
I want to live for what truly matters
I want to live for something more
I want to walk the path less traveled
To be part of something greater than myself
You may think that I am crazy
You may think I've tossed my life away
But these things no longer matter to me
Life is short, and they quickly pass away
I want to do something that will last eternally
Even if it costs me myself and everything
- My Dream (Jim Rogers)
"He is no fool who gives up what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose"
- Jim Elliot
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God, help me...