Sometimes I wish our lives came with a road map. Our destination: Brazil. Our goal: Open up a Coffee house. Our Vision: To see lives completely change by the love of God.
So we know that.
Can someone please tell us how we get there? And how long it is going to take? I want to scream. Really scream.
I am trying to patient. Believe me, we ALL are trying to be patient.
BUT.
I am frustrated. With Red Tape. With money. With Rules. With waiting. With decisions. With questions. With the world. With politics. With goverment.
Seriously.
For the past few weeks we have been hearing God telling us to :
Walk.
Trust.
and Obey.
Ok. We will. But to where?
Do we go left?
Or right?
Backwards?
Frontwards?
Is our walking going to lead us to some road that is going to eventually sink us into the mud. Or worse are we going to drop down some big black hole?
Probrobly not. But still.
God is telling us to Walk. To trust. To obey.
But I have no idea what the means right now. I do want to obey, and to trust. But it is easier to do that when the circumstances allow it! When the ball is in my court. And when I am calling the shots.
I'm not calling the shots.
Michael isn't either.
It is somewhat scary not knowing the road ahead of us. Can anyone relate?
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Directions Please?
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Cari God totally knows the plans for you which is to bless you and not to harm you, to give you a hope and future. I believe that He place those desires in your heart to set up the coffee shop and to go to Brazil but His time frame is so different from our own. Don't lose the faith even if it takes a few years and people say things in their flesh to discourage you. Look out all the promises God gave in the Bible to fufill- some took forever but All came to pass. We just found out in these past two weeks we are able to go back to Africa before I have this next baby and bought plane tickets but two weeks ago we really had no idea when we would get to go and of course the doubt tries to creep in "will we even ever" Cari I am praying for you- please don't give up it will come to pass!
i wish i couldn't relate... but i do.
Oh Cari, I SO know what you're talking about. The great (and frustrating) part is that we just have to walk toward Him. Toward what we can see. I had a picture the other day of what walking toward a vision is like. It's like walking toward a bright light, and when you're far off, you can't see all that's around you. All you can do is walk toward the light, and the closer you get, the more clearly you can see the things around you (the details, if you will). I know it's frustrating and it might feel like you'll never get there. But you will, and God will bring it all together. He's the one who gave you the vision, and He will make the details come together in a way that none of us can. You're right...it's all about walking, trusting and obeying.
Don't lose hope...love you guys!
Oh, the waiting is so hard, isn't it. Hang in there. He's leading you someplace good! I so admire your & Michael's faithfulness to heed God's call on your lives. You have the promises that He will renew your strength as you wait on Him (from Isaiah) and that He will make your paths straight if you trust & acknowledge Him (Prov. 3:5-6). I can't wait to see where He takes you!!
"Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.” Isaiah 30:21
This verse has been so helpful to me in the past as I have had to keep walking in what seemed to be a great void of directionlessness. Looking back, I can see that God's hand was leading me each step of the way. Trust in Him, and He will lead you.
Yes, I can relate.
Sometimes I feel exactly like you and wish I had a map. Sometimes I heard a phrase from a preacher at a conference. He said that delays are God's dealings. I think he was right - even though God's dealings may cause us a little anxiety and pain.
Ah, the uncertainties of life...the waiting, the waiting, the waiting and the wondering. If life was predictable, and God was on a puppet string, wouldn't it be incredibly boring?
Hang in there - God's inscrutible timing is always best.
Love, Diane
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