{"id":2817,"date":"2014-03-12T15:30:06","date_gmt":"2014-03-12T19:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/delp\/?p=2817"},"modified":"2014-03-12T15:30:06","modified_gmt":"2014-03-12T19:30:06","slug":"between-there-and-here-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/delp\/?p=2817","title":{"rendered":"Between THERE and HERE…AGAIN"},"content":{"rendered":"

Though I have tried to put together some thoughts for writing this blog, for some reason the words just haven’t come very easily. \u00a0Maybe it is because there hasn’t been a whole lot of time TO put any thoughts together. \u00a0Maybe it’s the ‘pregnancy brain’ that I could blame it on. \u00a0But as I sat down to write this post, I realized that I had no words because I really hadn’t taken the time to listen. \u00a0No one I’m sure would argue that our lives are crazy right now. \u00a0Maybe if we just had one thing to focus on, like moving to another country to focus on, but there is oh so much more than that, that is pulling our minds, thoughts, and especially our hearts in that direction. \u00a0When the one direction all of those things NEEDS to be is above. \u00a0Focused \u00a0on Jesus as He is the whole reason we do what we do. \u00a0Why do I so often forget it. \u00a0Why is it that it is when I no longer can manage, no longer can focus, no longer can find words that I run to Him? \u00a0Maybe it’s arrogance, maybe it’s time, maybe it’s just another excuse. \u00a0I haven’t found words because I haven’t sought the person that can give them to me. \u00a0The One who can help me organize my thoughts and emotions that surround leaving the States and returning back to Ecuador. \u00a0We talk so frequently in churches and with individuals about Ecuador. \u00a0We talk about going back, our ministries, our friends and how we long to be there. \u00a0We do. \u00a0Honest. \u00a0But right now there are so many directions the our hearts are pulled. \u00a0I don’t know that I will be able to fully articulate where we are emotionally, at least where I am emotionally at this point when I think about returning to Ecuador. \u00a0It wasn’t so long ago that we were pulled in multiple directions as well thinking of returning to the States from Ecuador…<\/p>\n

So, we find ourselves between there and here, once again, but flip flopped from the last time. \u00a0One part so frantically wants to get to Ecuador that I sometimes don’t want to worry about packing and I just want to be on the plane. \u00a0Some days I start to think of what we are leaving, our families, our friends, our churches. \u00a0We don’t know what the future holds and we don’t know how these decisions we make now will impact things in the future. \u00a0But do we ever? \u00a0I think a lot of the kids in Cayambe and in Ecuador. \u00a0Those that have no place to go right now, those who don’t feel safe, that have nothing to eat, that have no one to love them and I think “THAT is why we are going.” \u00a0So, you may wonder what missionaries go through when they go from one country to another, leaving their passport country and going to their country of service. \u00a0This is it I guess. \u00a0It’s not clean cut, it’s messy, just like life in general. \u00a0It’s hard. \u00a0It sometimes leaves us speechless (not easy to do). \u00a0But is it worth it? \u00a0Absolutely. \u00a0Because if we were doing anything else, we wouldn’t be doing what God has called us to.<\/p>\n

Our hearts are heavy, we are tired, some days I wonder how Joel finds the time and especially the energy to do all he is doing. \u00a0We are heavy laden with burdens. \u00a0Please pray for us. \u00a0But know that we are seeking God, we are reaching for Him and clinging to Him to bear what we can’t. \u00a0We need peace and rest, both of which come from Him.<\/p>\n

Of course, since I draw near to God through music, I have a song by one of my favorite artists, Kari Jobe. \u00a0It’s simple, but so pure and so true.<\/p>\n

<\/b>“HERE”<\/a><\/p>\n

Come and rest here
\nCome and lay your burdens down
\nCome and rest here
\nThere is refuge for you now<\/p>\n

[Pre-Chorus:]<\/i>
\nYou’ll find His peace
\nAnd know you’re not alone anymore
\nHe is near
\nYou’ll find His healing
\nYou’re heart isn’t shattered anymore
\nHe is here<\/p>\n

[Chorus:]<\/i>
\nBreathe in
\nBreathe out
\nYou will
\nYou will find Him here<\/p>\n

[Bridge:]<\/i>
\nI will rest in You<\/p>\n

[Outro:]<\/i>
\nYou will find Him
\nYou will find Him here
\nYou will find Him
\nYou will find Him here
\n<\/a><\/div>\n

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