Saturday, March 29, 2008

Can you get this log out of my eye?

So last week I was a bit hard on the Israelites. I realize this now because I became just like them!!! To re-cap, God made it clear that that He was going to care for them and lead them to a huge promise - a land just for them. Along the route there they constantly moaned and complained that God wasn't capable ("we're going to die here in the desert!!") or could be all-sufficient for them. If God had a plan for them to be in the Promise land then certainly he was capable of getting them there and was soverign to meet their needs along the way.

So fast forward to yesterday. As you know, Tim and I, the Holden's and Tommy Rosalee are heading to Panama tomorrow for a mission trip. Mine and Tim's purpose on this trip was to be part of a large medical ministry to the Guayama Indians. The team of 30 medical personnel dwindled down to, as of yesterday, just the two of us (and yes I do hear the tune in my head :). Talk about temporary insanity. I thought God, if you didn't want us to go in the first place..God how can we do this without even a physician with us...God we don't even speak the language(s)...God I have to wear skirts and pants in the 90+ degree weather (oops, did I say that one out loud???).
Thanks Stephanie for the reality check. Was I sure that God called us to go inthe first place? yes. Then be sure He isn't surprised by the turn of events and that He is SO IN CONTROL.

So for our trip here is what we ask you to pray for:
1. Tim would be symptom free from his medications on this trip
2. God would so be about this trip
3. All our households while we are gone
4. The Holden's clarity of their mission field work
5. We would surender every fiber of our being to Him and give Him every bit of glory
6. flexibility
I'll try to blog whilw out in the field, but doubt it can happen - we'll see.
John 3:16 - Porque tanto amó Dios al mundo, que dio a su Hijo unigénito, para que todo el que cree en él no se pierda, sino que tenga vida eterna.
Thanks! Karen

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My fav verse is Galatians 5:1 b/c when I asked Jesus to be my Lord, I was freed from the things that caused bondage in my life:fear...sin...unforgiving heart. I still struggle with thosethings but they do not have a chokehold on me, you know? He replaced those things with peace and the persuit of living and loving like Him.