I spent this past holiday with my children, my brother and sisters, my mom (and her husband of 25+ years), and my dad. There were some fun, laughter-filled, memory-building times together. There were also some conflicts, differences of opinion, and hurt feelings.
There was tension. Dictionaries define tension as being stretched, strained or stressed, mentally or emotionally. It can involve uneasiness, nervousness, anxiety or a strained relationship. It results in "walking on eggshells" or it can reach a level of hostility.
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Three years ago I never would have considered myself a missionary. Not in the sense of what I grew up believing a missionary to be… someone who was living their life focused on telling others about Jesus, sharing the good news of His gospel, and living their days building up and training disciples, often in some hostile foreign place. I was in the first year of our marriage and pregnant with our first child. Even though people tried to prepare me, I still didn’t understand how drastically my life would change in just a short amount of time. Nor did I realize that I really was about to become a full-time missionary… someone who was placed in an area to evangelize and serve. As parents, we have been prepared by God for this time and many of us don’t see that we have a mission field right in our home!
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