When God Calls

I wake to the  moon that just sung you goodnight.  Recalling the bundle that I once held in my arms.

And how lassos and wishes and hearts can’t hold you back.

A dream awakened.  A calling placed…..in the ground like a seed….in the heart of you.  Grown by God.  Now bearing fruit.

And I am so proud.

That lies have not kept you.  And my mother’s heart had no influence…..Or I would have never let you go.

Though my dreams for you……those kneeling moments of hope…..have clearly awakened now.

And the world……like a vapor that doesn’t last……has dissolved in faiths first steps. 

Of that I am sure.

Outdoors preaching.  And touching the scared hands…..of children in the sex slavery.

And how God expands hearts.  As you witness the gospel come to life.  The sick one’s The Physician came for and died.

And He calls you to go out….like Timothy and Paul.  To bring the Balm of Gilead….to a dying world.

Fearlessly.  Away from home.  Traveling in foreign land.

And I remember when you said……you didn’t want to…..but you only had peace when you agreed to go to the Philippines.

And how God knew.  A Typhoon was coming.  And those hands knelt praying……Would be the very one’s used in tangible ways.  To pick up ashes.  To mend lives. To be placed around the hearts of those most desperate for hope.

And how His Spirit shatters hearts made of stone, through gentle strokes of love and compassion from our fellow man. 

And of this I am sure….His Spirit has awakened a God-man destined for this time…made for this very season.

And I have no regrets. That His Heart has captured you. That the next time I see you…..it will almost be a year since you left.

For, I know….though distant, and far, and separate from your mom…who borrowed you from God for eighteen years….

Your Father now must lead you.

For, there comes a time for us all that we must choose.  Will we let The Father lead?  Can and will we trust Him?

And I have always known…..you would head….His voice above the world.

For the feet of faith that now carry you……are the one’s I washed and bathed…watching taking their very first steps…..

Now, by grace, are getting the chance……to walk in His holy, righteous steps.

And for this….I am thankful.