19 March 2011

For I have set my heart on a pilgrimage


“Blessed are those whose strength is in you, who have set their hearts on pilgrimage.” Psalm 84:5
I cannot even begin to express what I am feeling right now. The past few months has been such a crazy mix of emotions, hopes, dreams, and other things. I just found out I have officially been accepted into Newlife International School of Midwifery. Its been an interesting journey, and its only just begun. I am so excited and curious to see what God does with the next 5 months that I am here in the Table Community. I feel like I have spent the last four years in preparation for this and now I am going to a foreign country to go to school for 2 years. If you know me, and know about my involvement in community and ministry here, and know how invested I am, and how much I love this place, you know that it is a big deal for me to be stepping out in faith in God to do this. I feel like God has been leading me toward this for quite some time now, and I am ready to trust Him in one of the most awesome adventures yet!
I have counted the cost, and I have decided that obeying God is worth it to me. The work I will have the honor of doing, serving women in their greatest time of need, is worth it. I am called, commissioned in fact, to go to the Nations and make disciples of all men (and women). I am called to be a radical lover of Jesus and to follow His lead wherever He may take me for all of eternity! I am so blessed and honored to be entrusted. I cannot fathom why God would entrust me to steward all of this, and I hope to be found worthy in the end. And in conclusion, I hope above all else, that my life gives the MOST glory to God that it possibly can forever and ever AMEN!