worldview

worldview (by my definition): what's at the very core of one's being, affecting the way he/she approaches life and engages the world.

My world view: missions. God has called me to a life of domestic and international missions, teaching and taking His hope to the world. When I am at my best - which certainly is not as often as I'd like, everything I do is about ministry. Wherever God leads, my life is His, and my goal is His glory.

While I believe every Christian's call is to share Jesus with his world, I also believe each Christian has a unique intersection of giftedness and passion. It follows that few people will share my exact world view.

But, the ministry partners (specifically, the life partner) to whom I will be most attracted are those who share my ministry passion. IF (and i cannot type this IF big enough) I marry, I will marry a man whose heart beats missions.

So... I broke up with Marc. Not because he does not love Jesus, not because he does not desire and strive to serve Him daily, not because he and I are not great friends who have fun times. None of those reasons would be true. Marc is an incredible man with incredible drive to succeed in his work, to know God, and to be righteous. But, God has not called Marc to missions.

I am not spiritually attracted to Marc. I wish I were. I am attracted to him in every other way a woman can be attracted to a man. Marc is a man of God. Marc will be an excellent, loyal, and loving husband and father. I am grateful for our time together and for what God has taught me through him.

-mo

the ministry of baseball

now that I live alone, i control my own remote. so, i watch baseball. i have seen almost every braves game since august 1, when i moved into my apartment. this one, simple addition to my life has improved my ability to relate to the senior adults at my church. tonight, i sat down with some of my older friends and talked braves baseball until Bible study started. i love how God uses little things like baseball to build relationships. from now on, i will watch the braves, motivated not only by my love for baseball but also by my love for aefbc seniors.
cool.
-mo

antsy

I need to do something. I am not okay sitting comfortably here in my home or even less comfortably at school in my desk. I am ready to go, to do.

For my job, I have been doing quite a bit of research on economic development in Africa, and I am just not content filling my head without dirtying my hands. I am gifted in academia, and I enjoy it. But, I am created for ministry. Ready to go!
-mo