I came to the realization this past week-end that I am definitely on a different path than I was a year ago.
The things that I used to be able to ignore or brush aside are now things that keep me awake at night.
I don't know exactly where I'll be in another year from now, but I feel like I am being gently, ever so gently nudged in a different direction.
The combination of internal and external forces in my life are filling me with a quite unease and an impulse to change.
External
The unbelievable havoc forces of nature have caused around the world.. the tsunami, Katrina and now the earthquake in Pakistan.
Atlanta is a city marked by incredible wealth and also incredible poverty. My place in between those extremes still makes me uncomfortable beacause I feel like I still have too much.
Internal
A year ago I began going to a different style of worship service that fills my soul with such peace and joy and I have a really amazing small group that I meet with every Sunday morning that lifts me up, challenges me and has encouraged me to walk my own path.
Who knows....maybe I'll chuck it all and take my family to be a missionary in Africa...or in Atlanta...I don't know.
All I know is that things are a changin and someone's knocking on my door.
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I both hate and love the place you are at: the unknown scares me, but the thought of something new is exciting. Sometimes in just a small thing, something that needs to be changed in me, and other times it turns out to be a big thing, and then the change touches many lives.
Keep us informed!
I could look into missionaries in Eugene. How bout it?
ROFL Co...yep I'm sure missionaries are needed in Eugene too! Of course the calling could be as simple as one to teach Sunday School to munchkins...time will tell!
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