Wiggle thinking

This past week, I had a great time.  It's all summerized by a few words.  "It's Da Wiggles."  Wiggles is my neice.  And she loves her uncle.  We had Wiggle Time every morning. She would giggle and squeal and had a great time. 

My normal stoic self cannot help but love this little girl.  I nearly cried the morning that I had to leave, because the next time I will see her, she will be a year old.  She might be walking and talking.  She will be so much bigger.  She will see flashes of her uncle.  Instead of being a part of her life, I will look through a window and see glances of it.

This got me thinking about my college roommate.  He's a Marine.  He's an officer.  He was in Afghanistan when his daughter was born.  And he is overseas once more as his wife prepares to have a son.  As hard as it was to leave my neice, why did he leave a wife, daughter, and son?

Because it is his duty.  To his country?  Maybe.  To his family?  Yes.  To his God?  Definately.  And he goes to that duty to protect and provide for his family.  He goes obediently to what many of us would not do because it is where God led him. 

A good friend is in China.  He left everything he knew because God led him there.

I have other friends who started their family in West Africa because God led them to a people who don't know Jesus. 

A young man could have a very successful career, perhaps in pro baseball, but is going into ministry because that's where God wants him.

I moved to Virginia for little pay because that's where God wants me.  Now my story may be small compared to the others, but the point isn't me.  The point is God.  God might lead you to something big, like the mission field or the Marines.  God might lead you to go become friends with your next door neighbor.  The point is to go where God leads you.  Matthew 28:19 best translated "As you are going, make disciples of all nations."  God assumes we are going, and he will lead us.  He might lead you to other nations, or your own.  The point is GO and follow God.