Yesterday's musings

Today I realized something: I am teaching in an International school in Uganda. Now some of you may laugh and say, “Well yes of course you are.” But that is not what I mean. I was sitting on the back of a boda coming home from work today, and I just looked around. I saw the beauty of the Ugandan countryside. The huge storks were sitting in the grassy swampland at the bottom of the hill by my school, just resting. As I watched them, I once again saw the sheer beauty of the Ugandan countryside. It dawned on me that for five years I have been working tirelessly in school to become a teacher, always wanting to teach internationally. This has been my dream for almost five years. Yet, here I am, actually doing it! Sometimes in the course of everyday life here, I completely lose sight of this fact. I only see the dust, or the dirt. I only see how much I have to do by tomorrow. I forget the bigger picture: I am doing exactly what I want to be doing! I am doing what God created me to do at this moment. This is exactly where I am supposed to be. Sometimes, as we get bogged down with stress, pressures of everyday life we forget to look bigger. We need to remember why God really created us. What did He create us to do? Are we doing it? If so, what is so vitally important about that particular issue or problem that it should distract us from remembering that we are living God’s purpose. When we are living God’s purpose we should have peace that we are resting in His will. When we are in His will, He will take care of us...even for the little things. Those things that need to get done, that seem so pressing will actually get done- whether or not we stress about them. It is when we lose sight of the bigger picture I think, that is the moment we start to drown. Similar to when Peter took his eyes off of Jesus: only then did he begin to sink into the sea. I must remain focused, with my eyes on Jesus and His plan. What a blessing to be in the place God wants you to be!