Developing Horizons Magazine (2).pdf Spring 2015 | Page 17

However, by grace and through faith, I remained
Along the journey, in search of God’s will, I wrote
diligent during those years seeking the Lord and faith- many personal mission statements for my life. Each
fully, He revealed Himself. The forty days living alone one
defined the who, what and where I would work
in Rwanda allowed the private time for me to develop and serve God. However, each one would fall short of
a true relationship with Jesus unlike
the simple grandeur of God’s true
I had known previously and it was
purpose. Important, indeed, but not
a conscious choice to make God my
complete nor in total surrender of
first priority. I continue my rouGod first, today I write this mission
tine today with a strong desire to
statement and strive to live it...
seek God in the morning growing
My field...where I’m called to serve, is
in my understanding of His Word
below my feet and I walk in His Grace,
and deepening my faith, a faith that
serving this little space, answering His
will bring life to dead and dormant
call hour by hour, person by person,
hearts.
task by task in divine service.
This awesome revelation was a defining moment as
Tomorrow might bring a new calling, but tomorrow
this beautiful trilogy unraveled before me. To know, to may never come; therefore, I prepare thoughtfully for
love and to serve God is the purpose of my life. It is tomorrow while fulfilling each opportunity of the day
every day, all of the time, towards everyone I encounter. to bring Him glory.
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