I think as I get back into the mainstream of everyday life I ask myself, "What is so different about today than last week when on that mission trip"? I believe that while on the trip I was totally focused on others - their living conditions - their families - their education - their faith and knowledge of Jesus Christ - their concerns - their hopes and dreams. The experience of a mission trip helps you to find out what it is to deny self for a short time - put the focus on someone else. And isn't that what the Lord asks us to do each and every day? Matthew 16:24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me."
I consider it a privilege that God gave me the opportunity to go and be a small part of His work. Today when I was visiting with my sister about the trip, I could not help but cry when I expressed to her about the faithful prayer warriors, the Women of Global Action, who anointed our feet and prayed over each one of our team members. God's presence was felt by each one of us in the room, and I was humbled. The special lady that prayed for me told me that God had told her to tell me that God loved me so very much, and that I was to put GOD FIRST. HE was to be my FIRST PRIORITY! The Lord always has a way of reaching us, and I need to remember Psalm 46:10 "Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth."
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