Somebody famous said this. Maybe it was C.T. Studd. Maybe it was Hudson Taylor. I cannot remember. But I do remember us Bible School students, in Dallas, Texas, saying “me too.”
I remember the discontent of warming a church chair every Sunday. Surely there were other people who could do this. Did God not have another job for me? Even when I was teaching the rowdiest class in the church Sunday School I wanted to do more.
This reminds of when I was a teen-ager, looking for adventure. I ended up climbing mountains and canoeing whitewater in the Northern Yukon, and seeing wild polar bears from my bunkhouse window in the Northwest Territories. But after a few years as a missionary in the Xingu, I remember telling the Lord, “Enough already. Please. Just some boring, routine days.” This was after three of our boats sunk in a wild tropical storm.
Now, I remember my bragging in Bible School, more than 20 years ago, “I want to live within a yard from the gates of hell.” Is this why the Lord saved a place for us to work in the most dangerous neighbourhood in Marabá?
Here is quote from Deanna’s Facebook a few days ago:
Day 2 of Cristoval with 45 youth. Lots of food, games, worship but the absolutely best are the testimonies. “My step dad beat my mom and I frequently. I want to forgive him.” Another said “I wanted to be a professional soccer player but God has a bigger purpose for my life!” AND another “I am not sure I’d still be alive if I hadn’t come to this church!”
These are life changing experiences for these kids. We are so thankful you are where you are. gb