Well 5 weeks of mission trips behind me and here I am . What an incredible summer from western NC , to the inner city of good ole RVA , to Delbarton WV, and you have no idea where that is. The amazing thing is watching God at work in all of those places and seeing glimpses of the Kingdom in each. So often I think when I show up God will come with me but the truth is God is at work in those places already. Perhaps it is less about what we are going to do and more about what God is already doing. Less about God showing up and more about us showing up and taking part in Gods on going story. God is still busy creating and even though God rested on the seventh day I have a feeling God got back to work and is still working. Still writing the story, still at work in the world. Still waiting for us to show up.
If I learned anything from this summer I learned it is time to show up, it is time to "find my Calcutta " as Shayne puts it, It is time to be busy bringing forth the Kingdom. Stop waiting for permission and stop waiting for someone else to do it. In the movie Shaw Shank redemption there is a great line towards the end of the movie , "Its time to get busy livin or to get busy d.." so lets see what happens when we live the life.
You know it is a good thing God's story continues without me otherwise it ..well lets just say I wouldn't bother to read it otherwise.
