My instinct in life is to do everything in my power to avoid situations that make me feel weak and helpless, yet here I am facing one of the most difficult tasks I have ever faced. Our team is planning a teacher training for July in Mozambique. In March, I traveled to Mozambique where I visited four classrooms and observed the teaching methods so that we might be able to write a practical curriculum that will be truly valuable to the teachers there. Yet, I still feel completely at a loss as to how we should proceed. I shared with a friend recently that it feels a lot like walking on water! I know Jesus has called Crossroads to make a difference in Mozambique and this is the current task before us, but it's hard to keep my eyes off the waves raging about my ankles!
What seems impossible in the natural realm, becomes possible when I allow God to take the simple things I bring to him and let him make something out of them.This training stretches me so far beyond my own ability that it has to be God's hand that moves and not my own.
He knows the needs of each teacher coming to the training, and the gifts and talents of each person on the curriculum team. He is the master weaver~he will weave a beautiful tapestry with the simple threads we bring to him, if only we let him.
Today, I was brought once again to that Scripture where Paul refers to the "thorn in his flesh" (2 Corinthians: 7-10)
When Paul pleaded with the Lord to take the thorn from him, the Lord responded, My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness".
