Purpose Edition (January/February 2019)
We've barely made it into the New Year and still people are hyped about resolutions. With these often comes talk of PURPOSE. It's what drives us to make those resolutions. It's what gets us out of bed in the morning. But what happens if you don't know what your purpose is? Or if your purpose seems to fail or change? This issue is for you 'cuz we're talking PURPOSE.
We've barely made it into the New Year and still people are hyped about resolutions. With these often comes talk of PURPOSE. It's what drives us to make those resolutions. It's what gets us out of bed in the morning. But what happens if you don't know what your purpose is? Or if your purpose seems to fail or change? This issue is for you 'cuz we're talking PURPOSE.
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JANUARY/FEBRUARY <strong>2019</strong> OHBELOVEDONE.COM THEIR PURPOSE<br />
The story: Elisabeth Elliot was surrounded by<br />
exemplary and active Christians all her life.<br />
During her childhood, her family constantly<br />
housed visiting speakers and missionaries, not<br />
to mention that her parents used to be ones<br />
themselves. As a girl, she secretly hoped that<br />
God would call her to be a missionary – and yes,<br />
He did. Her story – and the story of those who<br />
worked alongside her in Ecuador – is amazing,<br />
and she went on to become a well-loved writer<br />
whose work continues to encourage people to this<br />
day.<br />
a childhood<br />
Elisabeth<br />
Elliot<br />
dream<br />
What we can learn: Sometimes God gives us<br />
those guiding dreams, especially if we give our<br />
desires to Him and ask Him to give us His desires.<br />
I also believe that we are placed exactly where we<br />
are supposed to be and that He has given many of<br />
us the childhood that will shape us for that what<br />
is to come. So (just maybe) your childhood dream<br />
wasn’t just a childhood dream, but a sign of your<br />
lifelong calling.<br />
trial &<br />
error Amy Carmichael<br />
The story: Amy Carmichael was already serving<br />
the people who lived in the Irish and English<br />
slums, but after hearing God tell her to go, she<br />
went – but at first, not to the country or the<br />
mission we remember her so well for. Initially,<br />
she tried China. Her poor health prevented her.<br />
Then she traveled to Japan, but after a couple of<br />
successful years, illness drove her away. She went<br />
to Ceylon (Sri Lanka), but that wasn’t it either.<br />
After many disappointments and “detours”, she<br />
finally found her home – India. And that’s where<br />
she spent the rest of life.<br />
What we can learn: Someone once said that<br />
instead of waiting around our whole lives to find<br />
out exactly what kind of plan God has for us, we<br />
should go find where God is working and join<br />
in. Essentially, experiment. Trial and error. Just<br />
go and find out. He’ll lead you. I can’t say that<br />
it wasn’t God’s will for Amy to go to Japan or<br />
Ceylon – maybe he meant for her to take that<br />
“detour”. Maybe it was her mistake, but I doubt<br />
it. I believe that as long as you’re listening to him,<br />
you can’t go that far wrong.<br />
meet the<br />
author<br />
Lisa Elis is a busy high school junior from Canada who spends her free time chasing many literary interests. She’s<br />
also into art and design, orchids and sunshine, plus all things that grow her wanderlust. Find her scrambling to post<br />
every week at www.thisinkwell.blogspot.com.<br />
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