Monday, January 09, 2006

stuck

It has been a while since I've written anything - so I want to reassure you that I'm still here - getting involved with my work and reconnecting with friends after being gone for two and a half weeks.

Have you ever been in a position where you don't know what to do? The phrase "stuck between a rock and a hard place" seems to adequately fit the way I feel right now. I have before me so many options - to go home when my time is up with MTW and pursue nursing, be with my family and friends... or I have been invited to stay here and work in the clinic in Roatan... and I've also been invited stay here and be employed by a local ministry from a foundation out of the States to help begin a youth ministry in La Ceiba.
For many different reasons each option is very appealing... and I honestly do not know what to do. Verses keep coming to mind - such as Psalm 37:4 "Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart" - but the problem is that I desire each one of these things. or.. Matthew 6:33 "seek first HIS kingdom and His righteousness..." or "for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also"... and Jim Elliot's famous words "He is no fool to give up what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose."

I have always heard that God is faithful to open doors for us, and we have the responsibility to be faithful and obedient to step through that door. I would appreciate your prayers, that I would indeed be able to discern the Lord's calling, and I welcome any words of advice you may want to pass my way...

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