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Sunday, March 1, 2009

to know Christ and to KNOW Christ

At our church here in Belize we are going through the book of Romans. I have been convicted that I do not "know" Christ like I need to, so I can live the life I am called to live. I think there are different levels of "knowing" Jesus. In chapter 1 of Romans it speaks of knowing God in an acknowledging sense. Knowing God and treating Him as God. But later on (In 1 Corinthians 3:10) Paul speaks of knowing Christ in much more powerful ways, "I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death". I know God, and I acknowledge Him as creator and God, but I do not know Him like Paul describes in I Cor 3:10. I want to though and I am determined to get there.

2 comments:

Betty Hodge said...: I know what you mean...that was really good and I KNOW you will get there!
A few weeks ago in Woman to Woman on a worksheet it asked if you feared God. I was stumped, I really didnt know what that meant. Then the next class we talked about fearing God and what that means....WOW I was amazed and have been studying on it more myself.
I am really enjoying this class and where it is leading me into his word and my relationship with him.
Not sure if I mentioned this or not, Robin and Doug has become the leader of our Cell Group, as Ted and Janine are working with Marriage classes. Doug really makes me think, I think he is going to bring out so much in us with our trust issues with one another and really open us all up. I really didn't know Doug well before cell group, he is a trip!
Oh and man...last week whew you woudl have hated to have been here and been my doctor!! James.... I have NEVEr in my life felt as bad as I did last week with strep throat. Goodgosh at what all it will do to your body and the pain it brings ugh!! I admire docs and nurses even more after knowing that they face people with this everyday!! ME? I will have a bottle of germx attached to the hip!!
Loveyall
Take care!; March 2, 2009 at 10:00 PM
Cassie said...: good post. i still want some info on Belize. it has been heavy on heart here lately. i will email you. also, my email is: cassiemcclurg@aol.com. my blog is: http://www.ihavebeenredeemed.blogspot.com. you can follow me there. :)

cant wait to hear from yall!!; March 4, 2009 at 10:22 AM

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For those of you who are not familiar with our family's life, let me quickly catch you up. Hannah and I have been married for 8 wonderful years. We met as teenagers and quickly became best friends. Love blossomed and the rest is history. We both had plans on entering nursing as a profession and dreamed of medical missions prior to us even knowing each other. I finished my undergraduate work just days before we were married in December 2001 and Hannah finished the following May. We both worked as RN's at the Blair E. Batson Hospital for Children. We had plans on making the BIG BUCKS as travel nurses before starting our "family" but God had other plans. For on May 23, 2003, our beautiful Lilyan Rain (we call her Lily) was born. She absolutely changed our life.

During all this we were very active in a growing local church (Restoration Church), where we led a cell group and I led our worship team. Life moved on and things were good. I felt that I needed to further my education, but was unsure how we would balance family, church, work, grad school. Plus, we were very interested in adding a new little one to our family, so we decided that I would entered Graduate school part time. And on July 13, 2005, God blessed us again with our angel Aidan Nathanael.

Despite our wonderful life, in a home that we loved, great family and friends, a good supportive church, good jobs etc., we began to feel God pulling us away, changing our hearts, and still felt the He was telling us that we should pursue the dream of medical missions. So we continued to pray, and we started to plan. I finished graduate school in May of 2007 as a Family Nurse Practitioner and quickly started a job at a local primary care clinic. The strong pull of God to foreign soil persisted, and even strengthened over the next few months of 2007. We battled doubt, fears. We particularly battled leaving a church family and worship team that we had given so much of our life to. We learned some tough lessons about following the move of God on our heart, even if it meant leaving the "familiar"ities of life. This was a very hard time for us. I liken it to the desert with no sign of green or water. After much prayer, talk and tears, we decided to "step out of the boat". In early 2008, we notified the church and my job that we were leaving. "Tearing ourselves away" from the church was one of the hardest things we have ever done. At times it felt like it would easier to rip my own heart out but God is faithful and He gave us a peace that we had not experienced before. Pursuing the dream of God placed in our heart most definitely includes medical missions, but we also know God has even greater plans for us IF we will follow His voice.

Some amazing things have happened since. We sold our house within 7 days of it being on the market (unbelievable in the current housing market). God has opened up so many doors to opportunities for medical missions. I wish I could say that it all has been easy but I can't. But we are trusting God to make our paths straight.

One thing I can say... life in the past months has been anything but normal. Some of it has been exciting, some hard, some even really painful, but all good in the light of God's grace.

We look forward to sharing our life with you here. Please keep us in your prayers.

j/h/l/a

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