On the brink of something new

I can taste it, I can sense it...yet it is still to come.

On March 27, I will be taking the comprehensive exam which is a compilation of all the work I have done this past 3 years in preparation for social justice work in the mission field. I have learned many things about families, people, and the dynamics of working together to help others embrace who they are, develop their full potential, and be empowered to leave exploitative situations.  This comprehensive exam will be an example of a case which I will have 4 hours to take through the seven phases of the helping process.

My heart yearns and aches to see people transformed not for an earthly good, but for heavenly. The problems, injustices, poverty, lack of love, rich and poor, government and non-government funded programming will always be with us according to the order of this world, but my orders come from a HIGHER order.

The HIGHER order is where I want to be. To bring people to the feet of Jesus so that they can be touched by him and changed forever regardless of their earthly circumstances is the greatest cry of my heart.

I am praying about what that looks like for me, how can I be the witness that God has so graciously called me to be? How can I lead others so that they might experience His goodness, love and be transformed and freed?  I believe powers of this earth including internal meditations and other practices can only bring temporary or false freedom, but His freedom is eternal and has eternal reward.

I say I am on the brink of something new: I have seen doors open for work in Argentina, in West Africa, in India, in Latin America. I desire nothing more than that the Lord continues to confirm and direct my heart.

Please pray with me that I will diligently do the one and two things in front of me now, while urgently seeking the Lord for the things that will be after graduation.

Thank you all for your prayers.  Forever seeking His face.