December 28 we landed at DFW and immediately grabbed for our phones and turned them on. Can't be out of communication with the world for too long you know! As everyones phones on the plane started chiming with different sounds indicating we were all still connected, there it was...the email that confirmed our lives would be changed forever..."OK guys, I have been waiting a WHOLE 10 DAYS TO EMAIL THIS to you all. Now that you'll are back from VACA, please feel free to know this is out".
And the talks with Lifesong began.
Funny thing is the 10 days we were on vacation we did not talk about it at all. I know our hearts and minds knew what God was asking us to do. I guess we just decided it was too scary and we had 10 days to ignore it. 10 days to wonder, dream, fear, escape...I know I thought about it every day. I couldn't help but look at every thing and every action through the filter of how it all compared to what God was asking us to do.
That was very scary and convicting too!
I wonder how many times in my life I have ignored God because it was less trouble, less fear and easier to dream about if I just ignored Him. Of course It didn't look like I was ignoring Him. I talked about Him, studied Him, read books about Him, Cheered loudly for Him and joined groups that did the same...You could never tell that I was ignoring Him. But I never got that email, call, conversation that asked the question...
are you going to do what God is asking you to do?
I wonder if when our phones chimed on there had been no email from Lifesong? What would we be doing right now? Would we have the resolve, courage and discipline to do what God is asking us to do? What if Lifesong waited to hear from us?
Would we have had the courage to call them?
This is why we need to be in community with one another! Encourage one another, call one another, email one another, have the hard conversations with one another. Surround yourselves with people that will "email" you! Scripture is ripe with examples for us to call each other to the task at hand. So we are grateful that Shane emailed and called and refused to let us forget what God was calling us to and helping us to not be deceived by the lives we have created for ourself...Hebrews 3:13
April 17 is launch day. OH MY GOODNESS! If there is an emotion we are experiencing it. The closer we get to leaving the closer the tears are to the surface. The fear of the unknown (snakes), the worry of support raising, the grief of leaving a child behind, the angst of leaving elderly parents, the stress of getting ready to leave and of course who could care for our puppies like we do...
But above it all is the Peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension...Phillipians 4:7. So amidst all the emotions God is faithful and we have a complete peace in the midst of our human thoughts and feelings and we know that we know...
Sandy
