Where are we going? Where are we serving? Is Doug ready? Am I ready? Yikes, is anyone here starting internship ready? The unknown, is just that unknown. Only God knows whats in store for us, but dang, it’s hard to “wait and see”.
What if they don’t like us? What if we don’t like them? What if their rich and snooty? What if their poor and needy? What if their healthy? What if their sick? What if they abandon us? What if they overwhelm us? What if, what if what if?
This type of thinking is ridiculous. After all only God has those answers and we wont know them until we get there. So why do we keep asking that what if question? I think it’s because we have no control over the answers. However, we do have control over the outcome.
For anyone who has to do an internship, they must have many emotions. We do, and this is just a church. I wonder what a doctor must feel when he’s taking his first patient. I’m sure they ask themselves some of the same questions I asked above. I’m sure it’s like that for adoptions as well. So what’s the best way to handle these’s questions? Believe it or not, you go back to your bible.
Philippians 4:6 says “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.” (New Living Translation) when you give to God, you will have comfort in knowing you will be okay.
But since most of us are control freaks, we can’t stand not knowing. Anyway, Wednesday is the BIG day, yes tomorrow. Please help me to pray for all the interns and their families. Stay tuned to find out our church location.
In a sense, you are correct. We have some control over our outcome. Realizing that we cannot control or change in anyway other people and thus cannot control or change how they react or act towards us is very important. However, we can control how we act and react and therefore have some control but not all, over the outcomes. God is still ultimately in control.
We can relate to all of your questions while going through the adoption process, yes. But strangely I have found a sense of peace in allowing God to be in control. Yes, I said ALLOWING, because I have really had to work on giving up control. There are so many different ways I have seen Him during the journey, and that has made it increasingly easy to realize that He is present and He is at work and thus I can rest in His perfect timing and will (though I sometimes may not like nor understand His timing and will, which is another thing I have had to work on). But yes even when we do not like, nor understand the outcomes we can choose how we initially react to them and consequently behave according to them. So that is what I’ll pray for for you guys. Since the outcome has already been decided by God (probably a long long time ago before you even took the call), and it may not be your preferred outcome at all…I’ll pray that you react and act in a way that reflects your faith, hope and trust in the Lord.