Isaiah 55:8-9
8 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways,”
declares the LORD.
9 “As the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Human logic is nice, but God has a plan for our lives that at times defies human logic, but is always the best plan. So we prayed. We prayed for three months.
As we prayed, it became apparent that God wanted us to stay until June 2012. The logical reasons to stay are that Andrew will graduate high school From African Bible College Christian Academy and we will stay be here while our director spends a year on furlough. Those reasons are nice, but they pale in comparison to the most important reason, God directed us to stay.
We’re excited about staying. The time in Malawi hasn’t been easy, but it has been a time of tremendous growth for each of us individually and as a family. We are a happier, closer family for working through the hard issues that Malawi brought up. If nothing else good happens, we’re grateful to the Lord for bringing us together.
How did the Lord bring us together? Our time in Link Care helped us to talk about what each of us wanted from the family and work on setting goals as a family. That time also taught us that “You are who you are, not what you do.” Try reading the Gospels with that thought in the back of your mind. It seems like that is much of what Jesus is saying.
So, we are here following God’s will, asking for your prayers that we will follow His perfect will joyfully, and that He will give us direction for our next step in June 2012.
