WHY NOT?
Today's reading: Acts 21-22

"But he said, Why all this weeping? You are breaking my heart! For I am ready not only to be jailed at Jerusalem, but also to die for the sake of the Lord Jesus/" Acts 21:13 NLT

Paul's friends only thought they had caught a glimpse of all that Paul would endure if he continued on in his travels. They were afraid for him. They didn't want him to experience pain or even discomfort. They wanted to save him from all of that-and more.

And yet he was ready to accept all God had in store for him in order that God would be glorified.

Can I say that?

For myself? For my son? For my church?

I want to be the godly woman God has designed me to be, but I won't be without the journey He has ordered me to take. I want to know faith is the key. I want to have callouses on my knees from prayer. I want to see Him do miracles above and beyond my wildest dreams. I want to see His fingerprints in my life. I want Him to have a permanent impression of  my hands clinging to His.

I want my boy to walk even closer to God than I walk, but he won't have that personal relationship with God unless he experiences it himself--the good times, the faith-questioning times and the times when he will feel as if he is walking it alone. I want Him to know how good God is! I want Him to feel, no--know the power of his Creator.

I want my church to explode with God's power, love and might, but it won't without pain, division and the discomfort of multiplication. It may be ugly looking. It may hurt. It may look to the outside world like it's imploding.

You see, I want Him glorified, and I can truly say I want it more than anything else.