“The will of God is for you and me to give our lives urgently and recklessly to making the gospel and the glory of God known among all peoples, particularly those who have never even heard of Jesus.” –David Platt from Radical.
I don’t know about you, but I couldn’t have said it better myself. Jesus has commanded all of us to “go and make disciples of all nations” (Matthew 28:19), but somewhere along the way, we as Christians began to mold and twist that statement to fit our own needs. Move to Africa to spread the word? Sell all I have and give to the poor? No way—that’s not for me. God only calls a few people to do that sort of thing, right? Wrong! We are all commanded to spread the word and love of Christ.
Now, our callings may look a little bit different. From the time I was in the 8th grade, I felt God would call me to different places around the world to be obedient to His command. Basically, I felt called to be a full-time missionary (the word still sounds so sweet to my ears!) You can imagine the doubts that developed upon realizing the man God provided for me to marry felt a bit of a different calling! Joseph knows that God has blessed him with the opportunities to go to school and become an electrical engineer so that he can minister through his lay-position. World travelling missionary and working husband… How exactly is that supposed to work?
Over the past few months, God has been revealing this very thing to us! He has shown us where he is calling us and unveiled his plan for our seemingly different callings to fit perfectly together. We have surrendered to His perfect will for us and are excited to see God work everything out in His timing and for His glory. Join us over the next few months as we pray for wisdom and guidance to continue on this journey of being obedient to God’s command and following God’s callings on our life together!
—Meghan & Joseph
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Sunday, August 8, 2010
The Adventure Begins!
It's official! After months of praying about our specific calling, we finally announced to our church, Columbia Heights Baptist, what God has called us to do: move to Arizona to work as missionaries on the Tohono O'odham reservation! Over the past several weeks, we have been praying separately about this idea of working in Arizona. We each had fears and concerns about our calling; however, the Spirit has shown itself powerful in each of our lives by revealing very similar ideas about what our calling is. This only confirmed to each of us that God really is working here, and we aren't just following our own desires. We thank God for confirming what we felt by having the other person say it out loud before we even share our own heart. We are so afraid that we may be following the desires of our own heart that it is very encouraging to hear that God is showing the same calling to both of us. We are so young, so inexperienced, so immature, and mostly so unworthy to be used by Him, but we are happy to be able to be a part of His plan! Continue to pray for us to be able to discern His will in our lives.
Every rose has it's thorn, and this one is no exception. Because this calling is to go to Arizona, it is also a calling to leave Louisiana, leave Kentucky , leave family, leave friends, leave home, and leave our comfort zones. Specifically, I am leaving behind a youth group that I have grown to love. The individual relationships that I have built as the youth director of Columbia Heights have not only shaped some of the youth, but have shaped me. Even though I will see these youth again, I will talk to them, and Facebook will be a constant way to keep in touch, there will be a change. Please pray that the six months of advanced notice that was given to Columbia Heights today will be plenty of time for the church to find a new youth director, and that the youth will be able to bond with him or her as well as they have with me.
No one could possibly answer all the questions we have right now, and we probably couldn't even voice them all; however, God works. He works mightily, He works perfectly, and He works in His time. Pray for us as we continue to seek His will in our lives.
Love in Christ,
Joseph and Meghan
Every rose has it's thorn, and this one is no exception. Because this calling is to go to Arizona, it is also a calling to leave Louisiana, leave Kentucky , leave family, leave friends, leave home, and leave our comfort zones. Specifically, I am leaving behind a youth group that I have grown to love. The individual relationships that I have built as the youth director of Columbia Heights have not only shaped some of the youth, but have shaped me. Even though I will see these youth again, I will talk to them, and Facebook will be a constant way to keep in touch, there will be a change. Please pray that the six months of advanced notice that was given to Columbia Heights today will be plenty of time for the church to find a new youth director, and that the youth will be able to bond with him or her as well as they have with me.
No one could possibly answer all the questions we have right now, and we probably couldn't even voice them all; however, God works. He works mightily, He works perfectly, and He works in His time. Pray for us as we continue to seek His will in our lives.
Love in Christ,
Joseph and Meghan
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