What would it take.....

I've asked myself many times before, "what would it take.....?" to change a life? to alter ones course? to influence one's perspective in such a way that the decisions one made were changed forever? "what would it take......?" to get someone so determined to do his own thing in life, so bent on success and personal achievement, so concerned with appearance and material gain - to drop everything hoped for, dreamt for, wished for, and yearned for and go to a place that no one ever knew existed......? "What would it take.............?"
It would take a miracle or more, and maybe....... just maybe the very finger of God to reach down from heaven and carve a simple path called..... His will.
So the next time you're argueing with yourself, a close friend, or maybe even God; and you catch the question....."what would it take......?" think twice before answering and realize - you're not alone..............

Winding Down

As the days dwindle, I ponder many a thoughts as to my true heart motives of traveling and working in West Africa. At times I wish I were already there - while at others, the "what if's" consume my mind. "What if this doesn't work out?" "What if my body can't take the enviroment?" "What if the language is too much for me?" "What if....what if.....what if........?"
I know that this is what I'm called to do. I'm secure in myself and who God created me to be - but it's a whole different world over there; one I've never experienced before; one I know next to nothing about; one that keeps tugging on my heart - and though at times I'm hesitant to go - I know I won't return the same person I am today.

Majestic Trees in Burkina Faso..... a little different than here.