Where are we going?

Sometimes we don't always know. We never know where the road will end and sometimes we don't know where it will begin. So many times David and I have looked at each other
and said "what are we doing?" "Where are we going?" Sometimes it's not always the easy question to ask. Sometimes we don't always like the answer that we get. Gods calling on our lives to ministry is not one taken lightly. Gods call can be so strong that we are just uncomfortable no matter where we are. Patience playing a big part in this. I am not a patient person much like most of the world right now. Instant gratification for the things we want. But, sometimes God says you know what ...you are not ready yet. You are not ready for the journey ahead and now is a time for preparation. Preparation for the journey He has for us. What can we learn in this journey? It's so easy to be frustrated. It's so easy to just want answers. Just show us the way! Just show us what you want! We will go! The journey...the road...it might not be easy but if you are calling us...we will go! What can we learn while waiting? This year I feel like I am learning a lot by way of patience. The decision to homeschool was a great one but I cannot tell you everyday is perfect and that there aren't days I am not frustrated and days that the kids aren't frustrated as well...but we move on. Days when I feel like I want to throw my hands up in the air and quit...the kids too. I still work two jobs, I homeschool, I have a house, I have laundry, the list goes on... But in the end we are together. I get to spend every day with my kids. I am one blessed momma! Through devotion this year I have been blown away with what my kids have written. They will read something and bring it to me and say "Momma I want you to read this...we are going through this". Maybe we are doing something right. So like anything else we are learning day to day on how to make school work for us but at the end of the day whether good or bad we make it through and tomorrow is a new day. When we look at this world I want my kids to know that tomorrow is a new day. Things might not be perfect today....but God loves unconditionally and tomorrow is a new day. In the end...we don't know where we are going. We don't know what we are doing. We do know that God is calling. We do know that God has plans. We do know that God is preparing us. We do know that God is growing us and molding us. We do know that no matter what...no matter what God is faithful. Are we? Are we willing to step out and go? Are we willing to get uncomfortable? Are we willing to live out Gods promise to us? Are we willing to say "Lord it's yours...we are yours..." Things aren't easy right now. Things aren't perfect right now...they never will be. Perfect doesn't exist this side of heaven. The timing will not always be perfect. The circumstances will not always be perfect. But God is perfect!

Goals! We have goals set. We have a vision for our family. We even have a vision board that reflects what we want to accomplish in this life. Ultimately though...this is not "our" life but the life we live as God's children. The life we live as Christ's disciples. It is our job to share the ultimate vision for our lives and that is what we long to do. Christ's vision is flawless and unscathed. "Where there is no vision...the people will perish." Our vision board represents who we are. It represents what we want to accomplish. It represents dreams that we have for the future and for our kids. It represents us! At the center of that vision is to be the hands and feet of Christ. Because with Him we all know we can accomplish anything. So often we looked at the words surrounding the center pointing in feeling that we needed to accomplish those things in order to obtain the center...to be the hands and feet of Christ. We had it all wrong. We should be the center working our way out. We should be the hands and feet of Christ which will in turn allow us to accomplish all the other "things" in our life.
"To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also BELIEVE."

Jeremiah 42:3 (NIV) 3 Pray that the LORD your God will tell us where we should go and what we should do."

Psalms 43:3 (NIV) 3 Send me your light and your faithful care, let them lead me; let them bring me to your holy mountain, to the place where you dwell.

Matthew 28:19 (NIV) 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

Matthew 9:37 (NIV) 37 Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few.