Messengers of hope...

Missionaries in Ecuador with International Teams and Youth World since 2002, parents of four children, and then some more children, directors of Casa Gabriel and now Casa Adalia, teacher and friend, but most importantly, redeemed by Jesus Christ and living out the ministry of reconciliation as messengers of hope. This is the story that God is writing through us.

Friday, May 1, 2015

Lead me on!

"Anyone who intends to come with Me has to let me lead. You're not in the driver's seat. I am. Don't run from suffering; embrace it. Follow Me and I'll show you how." Matthew 16 (MSG)


I am so incredibly thankful God is in the driver's seat. He is leading, in power, in love, in wisdom. He is my perfect, faithful leader. Why should I worry or fret? Lead me on, Oh Jesus.

    When I feel so tired emotionally I am not sure I can take another step.

When I hold a sobbing six year old who doesn't want to leave the safety of my arms.

         When I stand on the other side of the locked door of a broken girl. "It is ok." I say, "I will just sit outside here and wait for you." 

    Lead me on when there are no seeming resources, or answers.

When I am frantically hunting for a missing girl in the dark streets of Quito. 

               Lead me on towards justice and mercy. 

  Lead me in the wait, in the doubt, in the dark, in the light.

           Lead me, oh Jesus to You.

Let me put on the seatbelt of Your Spirit and Word. Let me sit back and exclaim over the breathtaking views. Let me anticipate what is coming around the next corner. Let me cry with and love with You in the brokenness. Let me laugh when I bounce high from the jar of the potholes. 

           Lead me on, Oh Jesus!