Obstacle...
Well, we’ve hit our first obstacle in this great adventure. LAB has cancelled our flight from Miami to Santa Cruz, Bolivia. LAB very graciously offered to fly us down a day earlier, but unfortunately there are not enough available seats to get us from Minneapolis (and Portland) to Miami. So, we’ll leave on July 3rd instead of July 1st.
One of the wonderful things about our great God is that He permits (or causes) changes in our plans to bring about a better plan. There is something very special in knowing that God is God and we are not.
As I think about the heartbreak of this team waiting an additional two days to meet and be re-united with the wonderful people of Bolivia I’m reminded of Proverbs 13.12:
“Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
But when the desire comes, it is a tree of life.”
Doesn’t that sum up the Christian experience? We long to be with the One we love – and our hope is deferred for a brief moment in time. But hope deferred is not hope that disappoints; it is hope that ultimately becomes a tree of life. So we press on and pray on with confident expectation (hope).
posted by Dan Houghton @ 2:19 PM
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2 Comments:
Hi Dan!
Please could you tell us how this will affect the prayer journal?
We pray on,
Cilla.
Hi Cilla,
I think it affects the prayer journal adversely ;)
But as I put aside the joking and consider the delay, I'm drawn to our verses for June 30th, verses leading us to peace, joy and wisdom. I think it would be good to stay right there until we actually depart. I also think it is telling that our July 3rd (new travel date) verses relate to growing and submitting to God's will. A correct attitude towards changed plans shows submission and growth. When we submit to God it is no longer our plan but His. I like that.
Thank you, Cilla, for being such a wonderful team member, even though you aren't traveling with us, you are great blessing. Press on, pray on and be blessed.
Dan
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