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Daily, I report for duty and ask God for my daily assignments. I’ll admit His responses often leave me asking: “Really? Me? Who am I to do that?” I\u2019ve come to know if He leads me to it, He equips me with the wisdom and fortitude to do it. I’ve been reading about Moses and his “call to action” by God to lead the children of Israel out of Egypt. He asked God the same thing. \u201cWho am I to lead your people?\u201d Talk about an assignment?!?! It was God’s Master-plan for Moses to lead His people. Well, it was actually God Who led them. \u201cBy day, the LORD went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to guide them on their way and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light.\u201d (Exodus 13:21) And, thank God, that Jesus sent us the Holy Spirit to guide us by day and night!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I know it was Holy Spirit Who gave me the \u201cgo\u201d for my move to Austin. I also know that any assignment He gives me, He will equip me for it \u2013 especially if it includes doing anything I can to emulate His love and make even a small difference in someone’s world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was discomfort that caused the children of Israel to be willing to leave Egypt. And it was discomfort that made me willing to leave Frisco. God used \u201cdownsizing\u201d to motivate me. Downsizing meant reconsidering how little I need to be comfortable. As I\u2019ve gone through this sudden change, comfort seems to be redefined. I am sitting in my living area this morning, typing this blog. The walls have been stripped bare of pictures, and in the way of furniture, I\u2019m working from a fold-up table and fold-up chair. A little heater is at my feet as it is chilly in here this morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I look a few feet from me and there is my recliner chair with an afghan laying over it. That\u2019s where I\u2019ll go in a few minutes for my morning devotion and prayer time. Beside that chair is a little table which holds my last year’s and this year’s journalS, my devotional book, and my Bible. To the left of me is my kitchen which is also stripped bare because it\u2019s well packed up and ready to be loaded when the “all clear” signal is given. It was supposed to have been this Monday, but with the ice, snow, and many accidents, my move is postponed until Tuesday. BUT, thanks be to God, my home closed yesterday. This picture is of me and my grandson, Payton Wallace, my brilliant realtor who sold my home in less than two days. His office is in the Dallas Cowboys’ Star practice facilities. The new owners of my home are allowing me to stay on an extra day — which makes me consider God’s timing. Maybe I\u2019ve used the word \u201cadventure\u201d more than I should have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m in awe when I hear about missionaries who are so passionate about the call of God on their lives. They sell everything to be on God\u2019s call-of-duty. They are driven with making a difference to even just one. I\u2019m not thinking that God has called me to a wilderness or outpost in a foreign land, but I am thinking He is calling me for something beyond what I know right now. I learned something from this downsizing. Those who came to my home to pick up an item(s) from me, were also given something that may have given them the love of Jesus from my words and actions. I\u2019ve learned that the \u201cless-is-more\u201d idea frees me to be more intentional than ever \u2013 to be about God\u2019s business. His business is people, loving them and, hopefully, sharing God\u2019s impartial, unconditional love to the \u201cwhoevers\u201d that cross my pathway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I know I can’t do everything, but I can sure do SOMETHING. I embrace Mother Teresa’s words, “I can do things you cannot, you can do things I cannot; together we can do great things.\u201d \u2015 Mother Teresa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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