NTM

   Finishing school. Back home for two months. On the road with our three children for two months, back home busily getting ready for the baby to arrive the next month. Looking on to the summer, mountains of paperwork, preparation, construction jobs, ministry opportunities… then field preparation as we hope to be leaving before the end of 2009 – does this sound something like your busy life as well? So much to do and seemingly so little time?

   We are constantly reminded by our Father not to worry about tomorrow (Matt. chapter 6). Resting in Who God is and Who He will be when tomorrow does come is important when we are wanting to do everything for His glory!

   Practically, it may mean…going to bed early instead of fretting over the messy desk, exploring an old building with the children, or simply enjoying the newly sprung plants in the garden with quiet thankfulness.

   Our cares won’t be less as we go on with life – they’ll be greater as we move into an unfamiliar culture and begin ministering in Paraguay to a tribal group. So how will we find rest then?

   The same way we should be finding it now – in Christ. Not just mentally assenting to it, but acting on it!

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