DAY 5

Today started off...well, let's just say it could have been better. After a hectic weekend with not much sleep I began to lose my voice. We were headed back to Memphis, and I was so glad to be heading home! I was pretty discouraged after some events of the weekend, and just wanted this day be over.

We boarded our first plane, and I sat next to a middle-aged man who seemed quiet at first. The more we talked, the more he talked, and I enjoyed hearing about his life and his family. He said he did go to church and later told me he was a deacon. He seemed to talk about church and life in very systematic ways, making life seem very cut and dry, black and white. He claimed to know the truth, but does he KNOW the God of truth? This is what I seem to run into...people who know the truth, but what about living it? What role does the living God play in their lives? Where is the fire, the passion, the deep love for our creator and Savior? Where is the true devotion that Jesus desires of us? Where is this in my life? Pray for Jim, that he experiences God in deep and meaningful ways.

The next plane was filled with hope....it was the last one I was going to have to board! Not just that, but I was blessed in an unexpected way on this plane ride. As I sat down, I began to talk to the girl sitting next to me. I learned she was from Texas and liked her already. (Woo Texas! I miss it!) After we began to vaguely talk about what we believed, but we both knew that what we talked about was not just belief, but life to us. It was so refreshing to talk to a believer! Someone who "got it". I still don't feel like I always get it...but it was good to talk to someone whose eyes have been opened to the truth and their life shows it, someone who KNOWS God. As we talked, I began to be encouraged and thankful for God's love and mercy even in my lack of faith. Pray for Heather, that the Lord continues to guide and lead her in the abundant life, and reveal more and more truth to her daily.