The Future

Our family's "Student Visa" runs out in a year's time. This means that it is time for us to be praying and seeking out were the Lord is leading us in the coming year. We need your fervent prayers as we seek the Lord's guidance.

Whenever we meet people they tend to ask us the same question, "How long are you here for?" Well, it is becoming very real to us that the time is quickly approaching when we will need to be in different circumstances.

Andrew and I were talking about churches who are seeking ministers in a general way. He said something simple yet profound, "When a Church seeks a minister it is similar to a woman being courted by a suitor(suitors being ministers)." This took me back and was an explanation for a number of thoughts I have been having toward the future. I believe it is much more difficult for a minster's wife than for the minsters themselves when they embark upon seeking a specific church. You see, women are designed to be sought after and not quite as naturally keen on seeking after.....this brings me back to Andrew and my courting days. Andrew was so wonderful! I never had to guess how he felt about me and I always felt confident that I knew he desired me and only me and I was also always clear as to where the relationship was headed...This is not the case for women when their husbands seek a church. For that matter it is the opposite. So often they are called upon to wait in great insecurity and perhaps even feel the pain of rejection multiple times without ever understanding why they were rejected. No matter how many churches love you and are interested in you it is still difficult for pastors wives(and pastors also) to endure this process. Men's natural hard drives are designed for such events much more than we women.

Perhaps the Lord will call Andrew and me to a church full time in the coming year - perhaps it will be in Scotland or back in the USA, or for that matter back in Australia. We do not know and we wait patiently (well, most of the time) to hear what the Lord has in store for us. Please remember me as we embark upon this next journey. Oh, Andrew too but mostly me for I am not looking forward to the process as it is very difficult and perhaps even painful. Pray that the Lord will grant me a "man-like" attitude toward churches, like a man would feel about seeking after a women. Pray that the Lord would prepare a way ahead of us with a clear path.