The Triangle

When Hank and I were engaged, I remember receiving advice regarding pursuit of each other within our greater purpose of pursuing Christ.  Think of a triangle, with Hank at one bottom point and Hannah at the other.  God is at the top point, and as we are each individually moving toward God, it would simultaneously bring us closer together.

The past 8 months or so have been like this for us, although this time it's a tiny nation in East Africa at one bottom corner and our family at the other.  Over the winter we participated in a study on the church by Jim Wright, a teacher at Capernwray Bible Schools.  It was a refreshing time of growth as we discussed what it means to live as the true body of Christ. Throughout our time reading his book and meeting with friends to walk through it together, we (as well as others in the group) spent a lot of time asking questions of ourselves and how we line up with Christ's purpose.  We looked at Jesus' commands to his disciples, as well as the continuing commands to all Christians throughout the New Testament.  Are we obeying those commands?  Are our priorities Christ's priorities?

Meanwhile, our interest in a place called Burundi has gone from being casually curious to entirely engrossed with all aspects of life there.  The main question in our minds these days is, "Is God calling our family to live and serve in Burundi?"  There are a hundred other related peripheral questions, of course, but we'll take those one at a time as we seek His leading.