staying in the here and now.

That’s what I’m doing.  Staying in the here and now.  I think that has been a huge challenge throughout my life.  I am always looking for what comes next… not in the “planner” sort of way… but, I get so excited about things to come that I tend to want to drop the “here and now”.  Take last summer, for example.  After coming back from Hong Kong, I knew without a doubt that there would be a day that I would pack my bags and move there.  Jesus instilled that in my while I was there.  He did not, however, tell me to move immediately.  Although that is very much so what I wanted to do.  So, I sort of dropped the “here and now” of my life and just kept wishing I was in HK.  That led to me doing very poorly in school, which led me to only prolonging the future.  

Now that I am back in school and actually graduating this summer, I get the age-old question “what are you doing after that? are you moving to hong kong?”.  Well, the Lord is teaching me right now to rest in Him, and be in the here and now.  So, that’s what I am doing.  I have no plans.  Am I praying for what is next? Yes, of course.  More than ever before.  Do I still desire to pack my bags and move to Hong Kong? Yes, very much so.  The people of Hong Kong are on my heart daily.  But, I am taking this time to focus on school and finish strong.  Finally.

I have no idea where I will be come August.  Hong Kong, World Race, Birmingham, Austin… the list is endless.  Here is what I DO know:

-I will be in Hong Kong, one day, loving students just like Ocean, Bus, and Cynthia.

-I will work harder in school than ever before so that the “future” can one day become the “present”.

-I will know, on June 27th, after my last final, the next step that God wants me to take.

-Lastly, I know without a doubt that He has great and perfect plans for me.