Perspectives, Priorities, & Purpose...

Our perspective has changed. Our priorities have been reordered. And our purpose is becoming more clear with each step we take…. What does that mean exactly? Well, for now, it means that we have just put our house up for sale (currently 'sale pending')—feeling like it is time to down-size our mortgage in order to up-size our ability do the things that God has burdened our hearts to do.

Let me (Aumony) explain…. I am currently reading a book called ‘Dangerous Surrender’ by Kay Warren. In it, she describes the journey that God has taken her on, and as I read it, I felt as though I could have written it myself. Her words describe what God has done in my heart even better than my own…

“With lightning speed, God yanked the blindfold of apathy, ignorance, and complacency from my eyes, and I was overcome by the realities of the suffering He revealed. I ached with a new kind of pain—a pain that felt as though it had come from the most visceral part of me. I was filled with sorrow and grief. I wept as though I was the one who was sick, or it was my child who was dying, or I was the orphan left alone…. I was changed by my encounter with truth…and I became a seriously disturbed woman. I believe God is looking for some disturbed people—so disturbed that they will be compelled to do something about what they see…. We refuse to talk about the painful, disturbing subjects—child prostitution, child labor, poverty, injustice, HIV/AIDS…. These are disturbing topics. But if we’re not disturbed by the world in which we live, we will be consumed with the trivial, the insignificant, and the temporary. We will spend our days pursuing all the wrong goals, living by the wrong measurement of success, evaluating our legacy by the wrong standard.”

That pretty much sums it up. We don’t want to spend our days pursuing the wrong goals, living by the wrong measurement of success, or evaluating our legacy by the wrong standard.

In another great book we’re reading called ‘Crazy Love’ by Francis Chan, he asks the following: “Are you willing to say to God that He can have whatever He wants? Do you believe that wholehearted commitment to Him is more important than any other thing or person in your life? Do you know that nothing you do in this life will ever matter, unless it is about loving God and loving the people He has made? True faith means holding nothing back; it bets everything on the hope of eternity”

Our answer is yes….and we don't want to hold anything back. We are excited about what God has in store for our family. In case you were wondering, we do NOT plan to leave Lynden, and we DO plan to continue our adoption process….We would love your continued prayer support for our family, and all that God has in store for us.