Do you know what's really exciting? Trips? Treats? Trains? Yes, yes, yes all of those are exciting. But the most exciting thing is that recently I've begun to realize and step into the destiny God has for me. Destiny, seems like a weird word- who can define it? I think it refers to being who God calls us to be individually. I feel as if that has been the theme of this blog over the past 8 years. The reoccurring theme that continues to surface is that we find life and joy when we walk in the things God has created us to do. We thrive in those settings and it's this mutual pleasure where our Heavenly Father and us get to "be" together. It's in the "we" that we know Christ's pleasure and we ourselves find purpose.
So why did I go on a last minute trip to China? Why did I live in Istanbul after finishing my teaching degree? Why did I feel something inside me stirring me to go to the Philippines in March? Why did I decide 6 days prior to going that I needed to be in Ottawa for a conference that my friend David was speaking at? WHY? Why all of this? Why do I work at a Punjabi School, where I am surrounded by colleagues who speak another language than me and who approach the world with a different set of lenses than I? Why? And why did I feel such pleasure when I worked at the coffee shop and met Richard, John, Mary, Vickram and Bob everyday? Why? Because I am supposed to! Because I am meant to travel miles and miles to be in a certain place at a certain time. Because I am meant to bring God's presence to certain settings and because I absolutely believe the same Spirit that raised Christ from the dead resides within me and particular places need the presence of Christ brought there. Because physically being in a place makes a difference. Because we don't know the ripple effect. Because I am meant to be an intercessor- which plainly said, means to talk with God in the places I am and to speak on behalf of particular groups of people. Because I receive joy when I actually do the things Jesus invites me to.
Now comes the ironic part. I can't always see and hear what God is up to; however, I somehow have this huge Hope and Expectation that God is inviting people closer to himself. I have to have that kind of Hope. Isn't hope the essence of Christ's message? Hope is what often carries me. Hope is why I often make my decisions. Hope beckons me. Hope invites me to participate with Christ. Hope is where I choose to live.
Hope is where I choose to live!
