Guilt Pt. 2

In my personal life, the nostalgia was heavy this past weekend. As i drove through Missouri i saw the restaraunts where my grandpa took me, hospitals my nephews were born in, shops i went to in college, places i went to school (yeah...elementary...creepy) it was simply outstanding. I've been learning a lot about the things that energize me in ministry, in my personal life and my marriage. One thing i learned this weekend, i want to be home. There is a place that energizes me, gives me creativity, comforts me...its where i grew up, its the hills and trees, its my family...so im in at first glance a bad place. I initially got scared to death when i thought about this, i'm not moving but thats sure what it sounded like in the back of my head!!! Then i realized that in our discomfort is where God stretches us and grows us the most. In our ministries, the discomfort grows us, in our lives, marriages, families we grow most in these times. At the concert i had the privelage of being seated next to 4 wonderfully intoxicated fellows who were nice, just sloppy....mainly with their beverages. I was standing there, dripping from a mix of rum and beer totally uncomfortable. Instead of letting that dominate my experience, i took the chance to marvel at the things around me. If we focus on the discomfort in our lives it leaves us paralyzed. So i'll be working on seeing the things around me that God is doing, the great things and being in a place to learn and grow as much as i can. I'll also be working on visiting home as much as i can.....HA!