Neither here nor there…
Tonight (Tuesday, 13th December, 2011) I will
board a plane in Entebbe, Uganda heading to Brussels. From Brussels to
Washington D.C.. From D.C. to Dayton, Ohio.
Tomorrow (Wednesday, 14th December, 2011) I will
arrive at 6:19 pm in Dayton, Ohio where my sister will be waiting to receive
me.
Today I am neither here now there, but somehow caught in
between. My mind thinks of people
in Mundri, South Sudan and the friends I’ve been visiting all over Uganda
during the past two weeks. I also think of my family and friends in America. I
even have nightmarish visions of crowds of people at Wal-Mart with carts full
of toys…reconciling that with visions of street children in Kampala, Uganda or
starving kids in Bundibugyo or stories of death from war and disease in Mundri,
South Sudan…
I’m not sure where exactly I belong, but I take comfort in
reading Paul’s words in 1 Corinthians 9:
For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to
all, that I might win more of them. To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to
win Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though not
being myself under the law) that I might win those under the law. To those
outside the law I became as one outside the law (not being outside the law of
God but under the law of Christ) that I might win those outside the law. To the
weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all
people, that by all means I might save some. I do it all for the sake of the
gospel, that I may share with them in its blessings.
Please join me in praying:
That we would all find our identity
in Christ alone, regardless of physical location and surrounding circumstances.
Traveling mercies as I cross continents
and multiple time zones, and then begin to readjust to life back in busy
America.
For a heart of gratefulness, that
sees people as God’s creation, and treats them with dignity and respect,
abandoning judgment and criticism. Trying to live in the present, learning from
the past, and moving forward into the future with boldness.
As people rush around and buy gifts
and bake goods of all kinds, that I/we would not get caught up in the busyness
and forget to take time to sit and pause, think, ponder, rest, and reflect on
who we are as seen through the eyes of God – his beloved children.
Thank you for your prayers,
support, and friendship. May the Lord of all hosts fill your life with beauty
and peace.
-Scott Will
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