First Feeling Now That I'm Here...

My goal with this blog is to keep everyone updated with all thats happening and so that together we all will grow as we see what God is doing. So here I am finally in Mexico. I believed and believe that God has specifically called me here at this point and time in my life to work with the youth. When I arrived here on Thursday almost immediately my stomach was filled with knots. I was here "alone" I left the land called familiar and ventured into the unknown. As i walked through customs many things flooded my mind. "You are walking away from the gospel", "Why are you leaving your country and family to follow those looney people", "Who is going to take care of you", "You are brave", all of these past spoken words played over and over in my mind. As casting crowns says, "The waves keep telling me you'll never win" these words were the waves that kept crashing against the shore of my faith. However, there soft and firm was the voice of truth. My God, my Savior, was telling me Freddyboy i'm with you. Walk in my ways and keep intimacy with me and you will see my glory displayed. All other voices were silenced; my worries and anxieties silenced. Here I am two days later and the students are arriving. Now it hits, there's no turning back now. There are lives that need to be touched. As the story goes in the book of John, when the apostles asked Jesus who sinned that this man has been made blind the response of Jesus was one that was very unique. No one sinned, but this happened that the work of God may be displayed in this man's life. I often wonder Lord why is that you have called me to this work that shakes me up and leaves so many others confused and shaken? It's then that I remember how this man's "calling" left him, his family, the pharisees, and apostles shaken. This man went before the Pharisees and explained all that happened and they refused to believe that this Jesus was from God and that he performed a great work such as restoring his sight.The work and hand of God had to be displayed through this man's life. That many both believers and non-believers alike will see the beauty of the Great God we are called to surrender too. My question to the readers of this blog is, "How is God's work/hand being displayed and magnified in your life that all may see and wonder of the God you serve? Sometimes we don't know all the ins and outs but nonetheless we are called to say yes Lord to you my life. Your yes reveals the reality of the belief that you have in the character of God. It will be hard because people will disagree with how you carry out your calling but, we have a mandate to pick up the cross as hard as it may be and Go...