Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Be aggressive..Be Be agressive!!

Hello there

Again I am super horrible about posting on this thing. It is one of the many things I plan to work on as the second semester of my life as a missionary comes rolling around.

Tons of things have been happening here in Auburn...especially the fact that Auburn finally got the memo that it was November and the weather is suppose to be cold. I finally got to walk out of my door all bundled up!

This weekend was wonderful! My lovely teammates and I went to Statesbooro, Georgia for a gathering of all of the missionaries in the southern region. Let me just tell you...we got ourselves a crazy group of people that the Lord has called to evangelize the south!! I don't think I stopped laughing the entire weekend.

The Lord really rejuvenated and refreshed me through the words and presence of my fellow missionaries. There was also a great priest who gave us a few talks and really ministered to us the whole weekend. I came back with many things on my mind and many things I wanted to work on improving.

One thing he said that really stuck out to me was about being bold in our missionary work. He gave a mediation on a story in 1 Samuel about Jonathan and the Philistines. He explained how Jonathan was agressive in his attack. He told his armor-bearer that basically we are going to attack unless God stops us. The priest told us that normally we have the opposite position. We sit back and wait...if God shows me this I will do this...if this happens I will do that. We are more passive with our decisions for God. The priest said basically to GO FOR IT unless God stops you. Now he did make the point that this should not be a test of God. We should not go and do all of these things and abuse God's power or stop to listen to his voice. We must first have the inclination to do something, trust that it is God's will and then move forward, asking the Lord to stop our efforts if they are not his will.

This really moved me because..... well I am typically a passive person. I am no Martha...I am a Mary all the way. Being a missionary has challenged me so much in this area, but I know that I must continue to grow in it. I must be bold for the Kingdom of God. He has called me to be a worker in his vineyard, and I long more then anything else to be with every human person in heaven. I can't wait!!!

PS - Being a missionary has helped me sympathize with men and their role. I feel like I am constantly asking women on dates haha. I get this pity feeling in my stomach and this nervousness to put myself out there for rejection haha. It is so funny the amount of text messages and phone calls I make saying, "I would love to get coffee or lunch just to get to know you a little better." Hahaha it makes me laugh everytime!!

As you can tell..I am in a silly mood...sorry bloggers!