That's what's been pressing on my heart the most these last few months. Relationships. I've been praying that the Lord put some pretty amazing women in my life to walk alongside as we leave the good ole USA and head to the UAE. I will continue to pray for this future fellowship of women (and men) as well as pray for the women I will meet and learn from over there. I want my heart to be open to their culture and be accepting/respectful of the lifestyle. The closer it gets, the more excited I am to experience a new way of living. I don't think God intended me to live in one place my whole life and never experience people outside of my comfort zone. Jesus certainly didn't do that. He didn't pick a town he was comfortable in and make it home base for all of his healings and teachings. He went from town to town, experiencing and relating to people... teaching them a righteous way of living and then leaving them with the knowledge that would help them seek His Father.
I think it this journey will ultimately help me understand and love people for the wonderful differences that we all have. I pray that it helps me love people more the way God does--not always because I will agree with the way they live or the things they believe. But to be understanding and respectful of the way God designed us to be. To show people Christ's love without being able to shout it from the rooftops. To live the way God intends me to live; by example. So that in turn, they may one day feel free enough to ask me about my Father. Or even if they never ask about it, that it may be a seed placed in their hearts that roots deep down and eventually they may look into it when their heart is accepting and ready.
"Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification." Romans 14:19
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