Amazing Love
In the month of May I had the
opportunity to join Starting Point Life University for 2 weeks. It was an
absolute blessing. I’ll be honest, when the opportunity arose to go to
Mongolia… I was excited, I wanted to go and it would be fun, mission trips generally
are. However as the time got closer, I wasn’t overly excited about the trip. It
cost money which I don’t have, it was a whole lot more stress to deal with
getting prepared for the trip, between vaccinations, raising money, getting
paperwork in... let’s just say, everything was last minute and what didn’t keep
me from going, was done on the plane or … (don’t tell the professor)… done on
the fly while there or finished when I got home. School, work, study
tour/mission trip, friends graduating and moving one, I was stressed trying to
get everything done. But I will say, I had a fantastic time. It wasn’t the
holiday I wanted. Ok, it was a holiday and I didn’t want it. Bills were piling
up, things needed to get worked out, and usually a quiet get-away was exactly
what the doctor ordered. But this time… I just wanted to get things sorted out.
I told God to send someone else, but He said “nope, I want you to go” Alas…
when He says go… sometimes there’s just no getting out of it unless you want to
deal with some guilt trips, and I swear there’s days when I feel him glaring at
me. (with love of course I assure you, I don’t think I’d be alive if He glared
with anger and not love) So, I went the stress never left. I wish it had It
would have been nothing but pure peace if it had. But despite the stress, the
students and staff at SPLU made me feel like I was home and I could stay there
forever. We shared stories of what God has done in our lives, I’ve realized a
lot of my stories I’m fighting Him every step of the way… glad He still loves
me despite the trials I put Him through. But one thing always rings true… I’m
forgiven, because He was forsaken. I’m accepted, He was condemned…
We had
a week of prayer while we were there, the theme was My story, His story, Our
Story. Our theme song… Amazing Love. I don’t know how it all fit together… the
week was a disaster as far as programming goes, I got placed in organizing
duty… but it wasn’t what I organized, it was pure chaos. One more thing to add
to my already annoying stress level. The theme changed from the beginning to
the end. But in the end, everything came together into something absolutely
beautiful. I wanted it to be a sharing of our testimonies, how we should share
stories with the world to tell what the Lord has done in our lives. How our
story shows what He has done… Folks, I had it all wrong… while I was trying to
organize a journey of our lives with Christ, He was busy working on the program
and creating His story. The truth is, it’s not about our story and how He fits
into our lives. It’s about His story, and how He’s given everything so that we
can join Him in His never ending story.
I still
can’t tell you why He wanted me to come on the trip, but I can tell you that
I’m glad He did. I can tell many stories about the experiences I’ve had during
my time at SPLU, but the thing I love the most, is how interconnected everyone
becomes when we make Him the author, and director for our life story. Because
it’s not about My story, it’s not even about His story… It’s about Our story,
His and Mine together, and the joy we find because He has stepped out from
behind the narrators position, and brought us all into something absolutely
incredible. He’s brought us, into the story of His Amazing Love.
Kim
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