Uncomfortable in God's Will
It's amazing the lasting impact that can come from one random conversation. For me, one comment that has left a lasting impression on my life comes from a conversation that I had with my pastor's wife over 10 years ago. We didn't talk regularly, and I can't remember how it came up, but I remember that we were talking after service one day, and she was telling me about their family's decision to move overseas as missionaries. Her own parents didn't really seem to understand, and she said that she herself often doubted the decision. But then she said something that I now am striving to live my life by. She said, "Would you rather be comfortable and out of God's will or uncomfortable and in God's will?" I like to be comfortable. And it's easy tell myself that I'm in God's will. It's easy to accept the easy times as a "reward" and to take some "time off" from the uncomfortable things that God calls us