Interrupted

I’ve been reading a book called “Interrupted: An Adventure in Relearning the Essentials of Faith”.  To sum it up, it’s about a pastor’s wife (and, of course, her husband!) and how their (typical) life was interrupted by God to do a ministry they never imagined or conceived for themselves!  She talks about moving out of their comfort zone, about leaving a ministry when they had to tell people they were leaving (but not being able to say where they were going initially), and about ‘jumping off’ a platform into the unknown. It’s about exercising faith when you’d rather stay comfortable, rather then become a ‘barefoot’ Christian (you should really get this book J!).  It was about living a radical lifestyle because Jesus did and wants us to.  My favorite part was when Jen shared how God “captured our minds, seized our hearts, and then called our hands.”  We can relate.

Tomorrow we leave for Florida and our new ministry as full-time missionaries with Teen Missions International.  TOMORROW!  It seems a little surreal.  Shonn is on his way to pick up the moving truck that we’ll be loading this afternoon.  There’s a storage unit waiting to be loaded into the truck. There are boxes…lots of boxes.  It’s actually happening.  We’re moving to Florida.  God interrupted our pretty typical American life and called us to do something different for Him.   We said ‘yes’.  It’s all God requires when He calls and interrupts ‘our’ lives.  At times we (well, really me) haven’t been too happy about it.  I mean, we had a great life here in Indiana!  Really, God, can’t I do something special from here?  But we’re (I am) content with the interruption now.  We have complete peace that God has called us to Teen Missions.  It’s exciting (and scary) to begin this ministry…tomorrow!

But like Jen said in the book

“Leaving is hard, even when a great adventure awaits you!”