All My Days Ordained

—A reminder, Church, that we are held in the hands of Abba and He alone knows the day, the hour and the moment we will join Him in paradise. But don’t you know that we enter into paradise the moment we follow Jesus as Savior and Lord? As you walk about and interact with the world around you, seek out and act upon the foundation of wisdom established in Christ Jesus, and do not do what they do. We are to love one another and demonstrate the HOPE and LIFE we find in Jesus Christ with everyone placed in our path. To live in fear is to live in sin. Stand up against injustice, and do not fear. The LORD, Yahweh, is with you. Lift up your eyes and be LIGHT shining in the darkness and a voice calling out in the wilderness, for Abba has ordained all the days of your life even before you took your first breath. This should be our prayer of faith, lifted up daily in the Holy Spirit: “Come, Lord Jesus. Come.”

“For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is the sum of them! Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand— when I awake, I am still with you.”

~Psalms‬ ‭139:13-18‬ ‭NIV‬‬

Every Blessing Comes From God

Tiffany and I consider these past several weeks as a time of blessing from God. While waiting for his next move, we’ve been able to meditate on his word and seek him more profoundly in prayer. Tiffany and I are at a waiting point in this journey. We are simply waiting for the next page in the road map to be revealed to us. When I think about it, I envision our family sitting on the side of the road at a bus stop, bags packed, and simply waiting on the bus to arrive. If the bus has been delayed for some reason, we trust God knows and is working things out according to his timing and perfect will as we wait. Meanwhile, Tiffany, the kids and I are enjoying life together, laughing and praising God for the many blessings he has given us along the way.

Suffered Blessings: A Missionary Life

I have held the crying orphan, from the streets… then brought to love. This calling to adoption, but that calling’s not enough.

I have walked the streets of hopelessness, where their youth is sniffed away; these streets so full of brokenness, the women, mere toys to play. Christ is true; his love breaks through, as His Church brings HOPE this day.

My feet have climbed the Aztec mountains; His HOPE shines light upon His GREATNESS. This child has lived neglect and sadness; has grown to offer true health in weakness.