I found the missions section...

Before break I realized I really needed another book to read over this week-long reason to breath. So being in our library as it were, I found the missions section of books. I was ecstatic because I had been regretfully ignoring this portion of the library to pick out "for fun" reads. After little search, I found books that have been mentioned in missions classes so I thought, no brainer.

My eyes fell on the book Through Gates of Splendor by Elisabeth Elliot. Three years ago in my missions intro class we read The Great Omission and we talked about the other book and there were positive remarks made, so I thought I should give it a whirl.

I have been blessed by this book, as I'm sure many others have as well. I'm not finished with it yet but daaaaaannnngg it's serving me well thus far.

As I have been reading it I have been reflecting on how I view myself in the world of missions.

Do I have the faith that these men and their wives had?

Am I as big a fool for God as I should be?

Could I be a pioneer?

Well I have prayed about where I stand and how I will grow in my position in where God leads me. I keep praying because it's all that gives me direction and secures faith tightly. If you haven't read it I highly recommend it, whether you are sold out to full time missions, or just feel that it is important, heck even if missions is not in your scopes, it's a good book either way.

I just want to share the news of the Lord with the world, wherever that leads me I will comply with the will of God. This book has given me lives of actual dynamic missionaries who committed their lives to the will of God. I'm glad God has given us such dynamic people in the history of missions to help us keep motivated and inspired. I'm also glad that God has people who keep the records of these peoples' lives to be able to write about them later.

I might not be a Nate Saint, Jim Elliot, or Roger Youderian and those of the like, but I am confident that God will use me in the field, wherever.

All to God