"But will you do it for Me?"
This is the question I keep hearing in the still small voice of God.
This time, our transition to Ethiopia has been full of some heartache for my young child, Asa. He has been crying to go "home" ever since we were on our first leg of the journey. I think He is feeling loss and slightly unstable as we have been jumping from one home to another since we moved out of our home last October and moved to Ethiopia for the first time in January. My heart aches for him and yet I know that God had a sweet plan for our lives and my kids lives in all of this transition and sacrifice. He is reminding me that He will use the loss and sacrifice that my kids are facing to mold and make them more into His image and to continue to develop their character, conform them into His image and prepare them for the work He has prepared in advance for them to do (Ephesians 2:10). He will use my kids to bring Him glory in Ethiopia just as we pray that we will bring Him glory here.
As I struggle with these sacrifices and saying goodbye to the people I love and the things I enjoy, I sometimes (especially in the middle of the night, sleep deprived) have felt a desire to just "give up and go home". I wouldn't really do this because I am committed to obeying God's call in my life and I know that is where the greatest and most real joy abounds. But I still have thought it in the last few days. And each time, I think those thoughts, I hear God say sweetly in my ear "but, will you do it for me". So sweet of Him to remind me of why I am doing this to begin with. So, my answer is "yes, I will do it and anything else for you".
Colossians 3:1-3
Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above...For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God."
-Kavi
