Here we are at the beginning of June and it feels like the summer is over. How is it that I seem to dwell in the future and don't fully live in the present? I admit it. I do like to plan and think ahead and be prepared. But, I'm also enough of a realist to know that I can't always prepare. No one knows the future...
What I do know is that I will be participating in a missions trip to Brazil in a couple of weeks. I am very excited to work in another part of the world and to see what God is up to. I'm always encouraged about the future when I travel or experience different conferences, church services, or how a community is being impacted by the people who live there. I sometimes get so caught up in my own world, that I forget that God is everywhere, working everywhere, listening everywhere, and answering prayers everywhere.
I'm not approaching this trip with any expectations - other than God will be there. Flexibility and open-handedness seems like the right way to go into this. I've refused to plan much because I just want to be available. Well, I'm packing a suitcase and preparing for a women's retreat we'll offer while there and praying for everyone involved, but I'm trying to surrender everything else that might be of me. Whatever God. Let's just do this together. I'm leaving this future participation in Your hands.
