Stop Being Lazy

Stop being lazy.

God shook me awake to the reality of how I have been treating my time since being back from Uganda.

I have been viewing this semester at school as a transition time.

I have been looking forward to the future so much that I have been absent in the present.

I have been asking God to show up, wondering where He was.

This entire time He was asking me to move.  To do something.  Anything.  To give Him an opening to show up and do wonderful things.

I've gotten bored because my days blend together and I perform the same monotonous tasks each week.

I have asked for adventure, but haven't even looked out the window to find it.

I have wanted God to do all the work.

You can lead Kiersten to water, but until she decides to stop looking past the horizon, she becomes stuck in the same spot.

In my looking forward to the future I have been lazy in the present.

But now, after God shook me a bit, I have resolved to stop being lazy.  I will work to put myself far enough out of my comfort zone that I lose myself and act solely as God asks me to.  I will stop thinking that this time at home is for me to wait on God to do something.  I will create windows in my conversations for the Lord to come through, giving Him the opportunities He needs.

PS I am leading a mission trip this summer with Adventures in Missions.  It costs me $1500 for two months out of the country (I will know which country I am going to soon).  If you are interested in supporting me, you can email me at kiersten.smith@hotmail.com or go here.  Be sure to select "The Passport" and to put "Kiersten Smith" in the participant name box.