Like Moses, I am full of excuses.
Like Pharaoh, I am prideful.
Like Esther, I am scared.
Like Jonah, I am disobedient.
Like Peter, I lose sight of the Lord.
Like Thomas, I doubt.
and despite these flaws,
the Lord will use me for his glory.
In 10 months I will be graduating from Texas Christian University. In 10 months a new season of my life will begin. The thought of this new beginning is exciting but at the same time it is quite terrifying. For the past 17 years I have gone to school, I have turned in homework assignments and have taken tests. School is all I know.
In 10 months graduation will not simply mean that I have completed 124 hours of classwork, graduation will mean that I am leaving the biggest comfort zone I have ever had in my life.
So what comes next? Where am I suppose to go? What am I suppose to do?
Recently the answer has been made clear: I am to go throughout the world and proclaim who Christ is.
This answer has brought such a peace to my heart and has calmed my frantic mind because the Lord has been clear as to where I am to go and the plan he has for me after college.
Beginning in January of 2013, I will begin a trip, through a mission organization, to 11 countries around the world where I will spend a month participating in different types of ministry with the ultimate goal of presenting the gospel to people who have never heard of Christ.
In 10 months I will be traveling to China, Philippines, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, India, Romania, Albania, Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania.
What a journey! I can't wait!
--Melanie Hairston
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