I’ve done a lot of scrubbing this month. (And the Lord has done quite a bit of scrubbing on my heart as well). Tonight I was scrubbing shoes. You know sometimes you have the opportunity to replace dirty old shoes and sometimes you have the privilege of scrubbing them until they are clean. I appreciate those clean shoes that shine like new ones but have the comfort and flexibility of being worn in by trails and adventures. I think our hearts work much the same. Sometimes God allows us to leave difficult circumstances, even if it means that we stay...
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8 months to travel Africa, 2 months to prepare… How do we make that as effective as possible? Where do you go, where do you stay? What do you do and what do you pray? I can think of a 100 programs to run, we can plan everyday of a 8 month journey and head out to fix the world, with the superman song playing in the background. Somehow I hear the words “sweet surrender” in the back of my head. Could be that we are not called to fix Africa with strategic planning and a 100 projects? Could it...
I have been born into one world, with my heart firmly attached to another. Born into a world of comfort, where outward appearance is of great significance. One shaped in a ladder where you either move up or down. A world of strong characters, individual success and individual struggle. Man-made esthetic beauty claims high value – it determines ranking. My heart is fondly grounded into a circular world. A world of community, where we raise each other’s children and we all go hungry together. Outward appearance makes way for heart value. Time is a commodity to be used for establishing...
