Two weeks from now, I will be on a plane, headed for Manchester.

God is good!

Yesterday I was reading in Genesis, and the Lord was talking to Jacob, but to me also, I think. He told Jacob to pack up and move to Egypt with Joseph, and basically told him "Hey, no worries! I'm going with you, and your people will come home again. Promise." Pretty clear there. (Exact text is Gen 46:3-4). I think God was trying to remind me of something, namely, that He will be with me no matter where I am. What an awesome God we serve.

I've also been reading the book of Acts before I head out. Man, those people were intense! I pray that God revamps my outlook so that lifestyle will no longer seem radical to me, but instead the norm. How awesome would it be to have the faith to fully rely on God for everything? To be honest, it's scary. But more than anything, I don't want to be the rich man who couldn't enter the Kingdom. I don't want to be bound and in servitude to things! I know that I am blessed to have been born in this country. It is a great privilege, however, in some ways I think it is almost hindering to my faith. I recently read a book on the subject, Radical by David Platt. It was certainly an eye opener. I know that I have settled for "Americanized Christianity" in the past, and I hope to not ever do so again!

The countdown is officially on!