Rich and Jeremie are leaving tomorrow morning early for almost 3 weeks on an outreach to the outer islands of Fiji. I don't normally feel great just before Rich leaves. I miss him when he's gone and there seems to be a regular occurence of "stuff" that happens which makes his absence even harder.
A couple of days ago, my heart was starting to feel heavy again, even more so as I know there will most likely be no chance of regular emails or phone calls ...
Today, it hit me - or maybe it was God speaking to me? - that instead of being sad that they are leaving, I should be CELEBRATING as I release them to go.
We are truly blessed! Why?
- We get the privilege to invest our lives into people's eternal destinies! I can't imagine anything I'd rather invest myself into!!!
- We are both healthy and fit - how many others struggle in their health majorly and would not be able to either go (like Rich) or stay back by themselves with 4 kids (like me)
- We are being supported by friends and family so that we can extend our lives to the poor, needy and lost in Jesus' place - in other words, God is providing so that they can go (some of the expenses still need to be covered)
I have way more reasons to CELEBRATE than to feel sorry for myself, and that's what I've been choosing to do all day - feels great - and helps Rich, too, when he sees me celebrating the chance for him to go rather than see me down. So, it's a win-win! YAY!!!
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