Okay friends, I haven't really written like this in quite sometime, but I have something on my heart. A few weeks ago I listened to a sermon by Johnny Hunt via the internet. I love Johnny Hunt, he is really one of my favorites.
The sermon was entitled, ONE - It's A Wonderful Life. You can watch it here:
http://www.fbcw.org/media/on-demand-media/
This sermon touched me in far more ways than I can even begin to tell you. As you can guess by the title it is about how we are all important and what the world would be like if we weren't in it. Like in the movie It's A Wonderful Life. Johnny talks about Andrew in the Bible and how he isn't a very important person but how he did so many important things behind the scenes. Like finding the boy in the crowd with the 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish (Matthew14). If he had not found the boy, Jesus would not have had the food to multiply it. Yes, Jesus could have found another way, but that isn't the point. The point is we are all important and we all have a purpose here on this earth.
In homeschool Annie and I have been studying Abraham Lincoln. Did you know that when Abe was a boy he fell into a creek and would have drowned had it not been for his friend, Austin Gollaher who pulled him out of Knob Creek and saved his life. Now let's just think about that. Who are Annie and I studying in homeschool? It surely isn't Austin Gollaher, but without Abe's kind friend, Austin, our country's history could have been drastically changed forever. Who knows? There are many people just like this that are "behind the scene" people. They make changes, plant seeds, do awesome things but we never hear about them. However, they are just as important as those who make history, if not more important.
Okay, so what does that have to do with you? Well... when I was feeling like God was calling me into this field, I did not like it one bit. For many reasons. I didn't know enough about the Bible, I wasn't smart enough, didn't know Spanish, wasn't brave enough, didn't want to leave my family.... etc..etc.. I gave Him every reason in the book why I was the WORST person for this job. However, for whatever reason He chose to take all of my weaknesses and use them for His glory. Who would have ever thought that my stupidity would actually be endearing to my people? It made them feel at ease around me and that helped them to open up to me. Being indigenous, most other people always made them feel stupid, HA, not me, they actually talked better than me and this made them feel good. ONLY God can do things like that. So, when I started thinking about how just one person can make a change it truly encouraged me. I may not be a Bible scholar, I may not have the intelligence that some of my co-workers have, but what I do have I am willing to use for Him. Truly, that is all He wants us to do. So my question for you is, what does He want you to do for Him? It doesn't have to be big, it just has to be what He wants of you. If we are obedient to Him, which isn't always easy, we will never fail. Each one of us has a purpose, enjoy finding out what yours is!
Love you all! Missy
This blog was started in 2004 when Annie was badly burnt. Over the years we have seen how God has continually provided for us and answered our many prayers.
