Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Job 6-8; Acts 12


Back and I saw what I saw.....
I need Africa more than Africa needs me....
I am changed....I hope
I am challenged...
I am praying and listening....
Rufus is fond of saying 'don't ask me...ask God'....I am asking God....and I believe He is listening...now will I??
I've been through money courses and heard that my money is God's....I believe it ...now what?There is no difference I can make in Africa but our money...ahhh $$ mine and Dan's.....Abba our money can help??
Do I even know what a life lived w/purpose looks like and a life of sacrifice for a cause bigger than what I want...I don't think so and am I too old to learn??...I hope not..I pray not....seriously pray not..
I have a tattoo on the inside of my right ankle...'be still' I want to get a new one of a Rhino on my left....runs faster than it can see...I want to get a handle on this chaos or maybe it's learning to live with it that will change me?? Acts 12: 15-16 But they wouldn't believe her, dismissing her, dismissing her report. "You're crazy," they said. She stuck by her story, insisting. They still wouldn't believe her and said, "It must be his angel." All this time poor Peter was standing out in the street, knocking away.

So Abba to go beyond just feeling weird...to being weird...while appearing as normal as possible...what if....weird IS normal or could be....?....to...to hearing Your voice, to live to give, to live a prayerful, worshipful, grateful life....THAT is what I want....
It was not only an amazing trip...I got to experience it w/truly amazing people...here's one of them...his creation....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuUj_gDbRyU




2 comments:

kc bob said...

Great thoughts Becky.. look forward to more of your reflection on your African journey.

MaryAnn Mease said...

welcome home!!
will be watching as you process all of what you experienced...
reliving that processing with tears as i read your account.
that reddish dirt gets into your soul and doesnt come out (thankfully)

i like the rhino idea....it runs faster than it can see...no time to say NO to Abba Father...just run!!

Aspirations for the here and now:

  • Ask way more questions than offer answers.
  • Be more spontaneous and outrageous, loving with an abandon that isn't about me.
  • Be who I am even if she is crazy and weird
  • Do a good deed for a stranger
  • Don't be afraid to dream
  • Enjoy more sunrises.
  • Enjoy my husband and family.
  • Everyone has a story, listen to them.
  • Find a dreaming friend
  • Go on a picnic with Dan
  • Go snorkeling again.
  • Hear You
  • Help someone
  • Hike/walk regularly
  • Learn to live more and more SIMPLE
  • Learn to live without 'blinking'
  • Learn to love, really love
  • Learn to say I'm sorry w/o a 'but'
  • Learn to, strive to, be 'other' centered
  • Learn what it is to BE a friend
  • Lose 20 more pounds and take another trip to LA
  • Love, love, love on my Grandkids
  • Make a new friend
  • Read MORE books, make the time to read
  • Take alot of photos and learn how to take better ones and share better the ones I take.

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