Into the Future . . .

My future is . . . Water lilies!! Just kidding.

As to my future . . . funny to be writing this, because I just made a list over Thanksgiving weekend (this past one) noting all of the different opportunities I have planned to do during this past semester just NEXT year . . . not even mentioning FIVE YEARS down the road! Right now, it's difficult to think that far in advance . . .

But I have to say, I have definitely been enjoying the journey. I find there's so much freedom in the ability to dream, and trust that God is going to take my hand and lead me . . . regardless of WHERE I end up or WHAT I end up doing. Overseas . . . or down the road . . . teaching . . . or, I don't know . . . becoming a professional water lily gardener . . .

The lilies are there because I've been thinking a lot about that passage in Matthew 6, where Jesus talks about the way that His Father, in such perfect faithfulness, always clothes the flowers of the field with such splendor and grandeur . . . how much more will He clothe me? Therefore, He tells me, set your eyes on God's Kingdom and His righteousness . . . seek His face, and all other things will fall into place as well. I guess that's true whether I'm worried about clothes . . . money . . . or even MY FUTURE!! I trust His will and His shepherding in my life.

That said, I still love dreaming . . . and I think Jesus is all for it, too! So in five years, I hope to be overseas . . . maybe in a refugee camp outside of the Sudan planting schools, or maybe teaching women somewhere deep in the Middle East . . . or maybe even at an inner city school in Chicago after finishing Seminary at Wheaton. That said, I kinda wonder what the technology available to me will be . . .

I wonder if there will be SMART Boards available in places that currently struggle to get even pencils and paper : ) ?