So today I leave for Northern Ireland with a team of 13 other people to serve at an servant evangelism conference with the Dungannon Vineyard.
I always hold this tension when I leave for big trips like this. My default is to have expectations, sometimes conciously, sometimes unconciously. And I'm almost always disappointed. India was one of those times. I went with expectations for one thing to happen and God just totally messed me up in a different way! Not in a bad way, but I think because of my expectations the lesson he was teaching me was much harder than it had to be. Like a horse digging in it's hooves not wanting to budge from the place they are at!
So I'm determined to not have expectation but anticipation. Living in the joy (and trepidation) of the unknown looking for what new adventure God has for me that day. Living in the moment, so to say.
Pray for us as a team to fully live in the moment and enjoy all that God has for us and that we will be a blessing to the Vineyard Dungannon as we serve them and their city!
1 comment:
I struggle with this all the time...The expectation vs anticipation thing...I have my vision of how I think things should go and very seldom do they turn out as I pictured...In hindsite I always see that God's idea was better. But it's always upon looking back that I appreciate it - rather than having had the enjoyment of it as it happened...Know what I mean?
Many blessings!
Helen
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