Missions

If someone were to have asked me before I left for this trip, "Natasha, what is missions, what does it mean to you and why do you want to be a missionary?" I am most sure I would have responded along the lines of, "Well, missions is not only limited to overseas, it includes our very own communities. To me, it is telling others about the Gospel, ushering in the Kingdom of Christ and I want to be a missionary because God's Son was one."  I guess you could say there isn't anything too wrong with that answer...right? Though I have only been here one week, it has truly been one of the the longest weeks I've yet had to endure. Who would have thought that in such short a time, God would have completely wiped out my hardrive of all I knew and started remodeling His own! That is what He is well known for! Now, my view on missions is shifting. Ask me again that former question and I would begin (notice I said begin for I am not ready to complete it) to say missions is the purpose of the Church and God's very heart beats missions! The title "Missionary" is not subjected to a list of specific requirenments that are only able to be done while on the field. A missionary is one who has wholeheartedly surrenedered every fiber of their being to God's will and use. So when God says go there, stay here, preach that, build this, they cannot help but respond in utter joy that the Lord has trusted them enough to use them! Continuing my answer I would state my reasons to be a missionry are because #1. The Lord has placed it heavily upon my heart to give everything up, my life, my thoughts, what I thought I knew, my comforts, so that He can give me everything, His life, His thoughts, what He knows, His comforts etc. #2. If God's heart beats missions, I want my heart to follow suit. #3. This is where I cannot complete my answer for God is still working in me. Oh of course, it's not a perfect answer compared to those who have written books on missions, preached on the subject, and are even missionaries themselves, but It is what is on my heart from Him.
That is all I am going to say for this post, thanks for reading and may the Lord rewire your hardrive:)

In the dust of His feet, Natasha