Sightless Faith

Imagine with me, if you will, that you went into work one day to find a letter from your boss on your desk, with very specific instructions. 

Dear ______, Today, I am starting a journey, and I need you to come with me. I know where we are going, but I may not tell you for a long time. I am not going to tell you how we are going to get there or how long it will take, I just need you to trust me. You may have to be away from everything you feel comfortable with for a while. You won't be fired if you don't come with me, don't worry, but if you do come with me, in the end you will be so thankful you did. I just need you to trust me.

Can you imagine getting a message like that? I can't, but what I do know is

this is what the Lord asks of us every day.

"for we walk by FAITH, not by sight"

Our faith is a sightless faith. When the Lord calls us to do something, he doesn't map out everything that will happen, make sure we are comfortable with all of those things, and then ask us to go...he just says, go. You can trust me with the details.

I am so thankful that our faith is sightless. If the Lord had revealed to me a year and a half ago all of the little bumps in the road that would happen before and while being at the children's home, I would have run away, but now that I have experienced these bumps, I am so thankful for them.

I am being led into some things these days and all the Lord has asked me to do is "GO".

Do I know where I am going? No.

Do I know when I will get there? No.

Do I know how I will get the money? No.

Do I know all of the bumps in the road that will happen between now and then? No.

Lately, my convictions have been tested. I have been challenged to stand firm in the fact that I trust the Lord to take care of me. Even though it hasn't been easy, I am so thankful.

I am for sure going to Nicaragua this June for a week and I know some of the things that the Lord has laid on my heart for while I am there. Do I know how I will get the money? Not at all. What I do know is that the Lord will bring the money to me in the way that will bring HIM the most glory, and I am so thankful that he already has it taken care of, whether or not I know the answers or not.

So my challenge to whoever is reading this is to sit down with the Lord and listen to what he is calling you to do and just start walking with him there. He may not give you every answer up front (let's be real, he most likely will not) but he will reveal it to you in HIS time.

The Next Adventure

So first of all, I failed at my 31 day blog challenge. There, I said it, but I must say i did learn a few things from that experience. 

1. I really hate feeling obligated to have something to say all of the time, it made everything feel forced and not genuine.

2. I don't have near as much to say as I thought I did

3. Random blogs that don't have cute pictures of babies or really deep meaningful stuff are not as cool as I thought they could be.

So let's get to the meat of today's blog post.

If you have read this blog at all, you have probably noticed that I have a love for mission work and all things associated with it. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love my job, which in its true essence is mission work at its finest. I get to share the love of Jesus every day, and that's what I love to do more than anything. Although I get to do this here everyday, I also dream every day about foreign missions. 

That is my heart. 

An opportunity to do what I love the most came open and I prayerfully considered. I didn't want to jump at it immediately and just continued to ask the lord to make it clear that he desired for me to go on this trip. 

He delivered.

There weren't any open spots on the trip, and then there were 2.

I had to have a large sum of the money 1 week after I found out I was going, and the lord provided the money in...wait for it...

LESS THAN 48 HOURS.

The Lord is so good and loves his children so much, so all that to be said...I am going to Nicaragua for a week in the middle of June!

I couldn't be more thrilled.

The Lord has been laying very specific things on my heart about this trip and I need you guys to be praying with me that more than anything, God will be glorified through this trip. 

Also pray that the Lord will provide the next $650 dollars, which is due by MAY 1ST. 

This is a big goal, but my god is bigger. He has already proved that, time and time again. Why start doubting now?

If you feel led in any way to give to help me make it to Nicaragua, click on the yellow donate button at the top right of my page. 

Thanks for praying!