A couple thoughts...

Knoxville

Tennessee

It has been a grand total of two months since the move out to the nether regions of the Estados Unidos. It started raining last night around 10 pm and just stopped (3 pm). It is one of those gray days.

Mostly I miss Colorado at the moment, one of those woe-is-me type missing Colorado feelings. I’m not always good at escaping these moods. It’s ridiculous to dwell in them however. The overwhelming evidence of God’s love and provision in my life makes it difficult to justify a pity party.

I was thinking about this:

Acts 20.22-25

“And now, behold, I am going to Jerusalem, constrained by the Spirit, not knowing what will happen to me there, except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city that imprisonment and afflictions await me. But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God. And now, behold, I know that none of you among whom I have gone about proclaiming the kingdom will see my face again.”

- Paul

We’re flying back to Colorado in two days, we’ll get to see so many of the people we love and miss. Paul knew that he wasn’t going to see any of the people he called friends again. Yet he didn’t care if he was beat or imprisoned or killed. All he wanted was to preach the gospel of Jesus to those who he met.

I pray for a heart that is a given to one passion as Paul’s. I hope that one day I can say that I was faithful to complete the tasks that God gave Katie and me to do.