Daring to be Restless

Stalker – noun – a person who stealthily hunts or pursues an animal or another person.   We joke a lot about stalkers around here.   Facebook stalkers.   Friends who join us/run into us almost everywhere we go.   Silly things mostly.   And most of us, if we were honest, would admit that in some way or another we also stalk someone else.   We “follow” people on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter.   We know far more about their lives than they’ve ever told us in person, with very little effort at relationship on our part.   My family goes so far as to sing parts of the song “Turn Around, Look at Me,” when we’re creeping up behind each other.   But how often do we consider what might be stalking us spiritually?   What may be following us in realms unseen? The Bible actually has a lot to say about spiritual stalkers. Of course, there are good stalkers, things like those mentioned in Psalm 23:6.   The Word on the Street Paraphrase says it this way, “I know that your good, y

Last year at this time, my sister and I had just decided to go to Russia for the first time.  We had just taken the risk, filled out our applications and begun the process to go to Russia. We had no idea.  We had no idea all that God was going to do.  We had no idea how hard we would fall in love -                      with the children,                                   with the culture and people of St. Petersburg,                                              with our team. So, prayerfully, we are beginning 2014 with the determination to go back, to open our hearts a little bit wider,  to expect our God to move a little bigger, to help us connect a little deeper, and break our hearts a little bit more for the purposes of God across the globe, and not just in our own little world.  As we go, if you'd like to pray for us and stand with us, please consider helping us fundraise. For the next sixteen days, we are selling these T-Shirts: https://www.booster.com/sisters_i