There's a plane departing from Los Angeles to Sri Lanka. On that plane, I will be. What will this trip look like? I usually make it a point to avoid having many expectations. What will be the outcome? I'm not sure. I do know, however, that somewhere I'll find the work of God's hands displayed. I guess you could label that my life philosophy. An open heart. An open mind. God, mold me.
My desire is to place every expectation under the overarching expectation of myself to find God and His light wherever I end up. And if that light should be absent, my prayer of expectancy becomes one under a desire to represent the light of Christ in the dark.
As I eagerly embark on this new journey, my hope is that the Spirit of God would continually revitalize me. I've asked God to saturate my heart and mind with reflective hope, lively joy, calm peace, and maturing love for the relationships with the children, teenagers, and adults I meet.
There are still yet countless prayers to be prayed on behalf of those in Sri Lanka who have lost parents, wives, husbands, children, those who have been sexually abused, and those who have yet to hear the profound Gospel message. A Holy God crucified His own Son to make clean a Wretched people for the ultimate Kingdom cause, the Glory of God. And being a Father, He glories in the delighting fulfillment of His children discovered in the newness of being, offered through the death and resurrection of Christ. The Kingdom and family of God has a place for the Fatherless, the widow, the sexually abused, and the homeless.
We travel to Sri Lanka to further the Kingdom of God. In our hearts. In their hearts.
You need to write a book with the mind, heart, and ability to write that the Lord has given you. -Lisa
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