Day 38 - Toward Conclusions

Two days left.  I'm not really ready for this to be over, but I'm changed, and I know what I need to do to develop this crazy love story.  So many good things have happened to encourage us during this process, not from the book as much as from the various other ways the spirit has challenged us. I love that I've been challenged to defend myself, my thought life, and my spirit against attack.  I feel freedom, excitement, and joy about the future.  It is a joy that I've been missing  for a lot of my faith journey.  I'm thrilled to stand on this promise because I believe in the depths of who I am that there is good news in the Word of God.  I have been challenged to take hold and be proud of my faith and to take it to the world with passion and conviction.  I have changed my view of where I live from a place to reside to my own mission field.  My city is not just a city, but a people group with many unreached souls.  My job as a Christ follower is to make Christ followers all the time, right where I live.  I intend to be faithful with what I have in order that God might expand my influence and my ability to bring the kingdom to earth.  I am learning to surrender fear.  I am learning to surrender worry.  I am learning to surrender jealousy, anger, and disappointment. I am learning to live with a life surrendered to Christ.  I am learning to persevere not just for a day and a night, but for a thousand days, with a thousand people, under a thousand challenges. I am excited about sharing my faith with friends and strangers.  I am excited about participating in the Great Commission for the first time in my Christian walk.   Here's to HOLY TRANSFORMATION of ourselves, our church, and our city in 2013.